Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1845 he started a wholesale grocery business in Liverpool , and later a printing business ; hard work and a good business sense allowed him to sell these for a small fortune in 1856 . |
| 2 | Bede 's methods led him to give 680 for a year he would otherwise have thought of as 679 . |
| 3 | Masklin thought he felt heavy for a moment , but then the sensation passed . |
| 4 | He realized he wished this for a man who had committed murder but , strangely , that seemed the least issue — not a family matter . |
| 5 | He said he wanted two for a flyer for a hundred pound wages ! |