Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A member of the Eugenics Education Society , the Clerical and Medical Committee of the BMA — where he campaigned for a stronger moral lead from the profession — and the National Council for Combating Venereal Disease , he moved freely between religious , political and scientific spheres .
2 In 1837 he was apprenticed to his uncle James S. Stirling at Dundee foundry , where he worked for the next six years and where some locomotives were built for the Arbroath and Forfar Railway which influenced his own later designs .
3 Although he qualified for a few regional events , in fact he was aiming much higher : he wanted a crack at the Open Championship .
4 He felt happier than he had for a long time .
5 Ludovico called exuberantly for champagne but it was unobtainable , so he settled for a sweet fizzy wine instead .
6 I do n't mind if he reads for a few minutes but that 's it .
7 If he opts for a basic valuation , for which he pays a lower fee than for either of the other two , he will normally receive a copy .
8 Finally , a person who is given permission to enter for a particular purpose will be a trespasser if he enters for a different purpose .
9 Even if he aims for a gross profit 5–10% less than a competitor , Mendoros believes , overheads are such that he should come out better at the net level .
10 Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty .
11 His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response .
12 Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire .
13 He stopped and Carrie saw his mouth tremble while he searched for the right words to say how mean and horrible Mr Evans was .
14 His home is presently in Kidderminster from where he weekly commutes while he looks for a new house in the local area .
15 ‘ He had wanted to be a doctor since he asked for a medical bag for Christmas when he was six-years-old .
16 He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time .
17 Everything here fed his masochism — as he had known instinctively that it would when he applied for a similar position in the English coalfields some years before , only to be told that he was not mature enough .
18 In the 1912–13 season Harry was awarded Representative honours , when he played for the Southern League in all three inter-league fixtures against the Football League , the Scottish League and the League of Ireland .
19 A CHEF who cancelled the final stage of a £20,000 sex-change operation when he fell for a pretty blonde announced yesterday : ‘ She 's worth every penny . ’
20 The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune .
21 When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years .
22 But one can sympathise with Mr Justice Henry , the now redundant Guinness judge , when he called for a radical re-appraisal of the way big fraud cases are handled .
23 South African President F W de Klerk ducked out of the row when he arrived for a three-day visit to Britain .
24 When he reported for the necessary swearing and documentation , the local recruiting officer and his staff were understandably disappointed that Harold could tell them nothing about what his duties were to be .
25 Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday .
26 He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well .
27 In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time .
28 The cello concerto swelling through the house , the briny tang of the scallops in their marinade , doors opening and closing as he searched for the missing due .
29 As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman .
30 As he leaped for the null-grav shaft , he caught sight of the prisoner thrashing through the air two storeys above .
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