Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did no wilful damage but regarded himself as entitled to go where he wished for the purpose in his mind without regard to the rights of ownership and the alleged presence of man traps and spring guns . |
| 2 | In business for himself , first near St Paul 's , but by 1812 firmly established at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill ( where he remained for the rest of his career , apart from an enforced absence during the rebuilding of 1838–44 ) , Wilson became the determined champion of a free press — ‘ It is like the air we breathe ; if we have it not , we die . ’ |
| 3 | Newcastle clearly had n't heard of Sunderland , so he asked for the Wearside number . |
| 4 | The offer coincided with a move to separate the Cheltenham Schools of Architecture and Art , with which he disagreed , so he applied for the post and succeeded despite his now apparent and debilitating illness . |
| 5 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , sick , so he phoned for the doctor , quick , quick , quick you sing it |
| 6 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , so he phoned for the doctor be quick , quick |
| 7 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , sick so he phoned for the doctor to be quick , quick , he phoned for the doctor to be quick |
| 8 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , sick , sick so he phoned for the doctor to be quick , quick , quick |
| 9 | I wan na do all of them on me own so he phoned for the doctor to be quick , quick , quick , said Miss Polly put her straight to bed he wrote on a paper for a pill , pill , pill |
| 10 | He knew we could n't abide his ways , and he was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him , so he begged for the honour of being killed by the enemy instead . ’ |
| 11 | Annette spent the intervening time with her son who had been made as comfortable as possible and she told him that she would stay with him until he went for the operation and would then go home but would return first thing in the morning . |
| 12 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 13 | Stewart told us that Whaddon 's offer of a free bus pass and as many pizza slices as he could eat if he signed for the club was ‘ frankly , insulting ’ . |
| 14 | We should be delighted to welcome you ( and then also your husband if he comes for the English 27–30 August bank holiday ) to this rather chaotic , friendly and yet ordinary rather than luxurious flat ( which Meg I think knows ) . |
| 15 | He is notorious in Islamabad because he argued for the cut-off in American aid to Pakistan , implemented last autumn . |
| 16 | Maxim wondered if he dressed that way only because he worked for The Firm , and decided probably not . |
| 17 | ‘ It was interesting because he arrived for the audition clearly drunk , ’ said Hauser . |
| 18 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 19 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 20 | Corbett told his companions to wait while he searched for the purveyor , Alexander . |
| 21 | From 1867 Stuart organized private courses while he arranged for the university to be presented by provincial towns with reasoned requests for the provision of university lectures . |
| 22 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 23 | Mr Browning , before he left for the south , complimented her on her handling of his friend . |
| 24 | If he had been able to speak to Jo each morning before he left for the Embassy , he probably would n't have been such a pain in the outer office . |
| 25 | No , wait a minute , I 've a better idea ; she might be able to get Paul to bring them if she can catch him before he leaves for the airport . ’ |
| 26 | At an all-time low after the Mandela concert , when he cheered for the benefit of the TV cameras only |
| 27 | The company said standard vetting procedures were followed , which did not reveal any adverse information about him when he applied for the post . |
| 28 | What a shame that Andy Nicol is not a few years younger , for he too showed himself to be of world class in last year 's celebration of New Zealand 's centenary , when he played for the World XV in Christchurch . |
| 29 | He was at his most sincere when he argued for the South and defended it ferociously against the feebleness of Yankee and British snobberies and prejudice . |
| 30 | And the gesture is Raskolnikov 's too , for example when he feels for the axe slung inside his overcoat . |