Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entranced by the aphrodisiacs in his prawn cocktail , McAvennie began to visit his new girl every weekend , flying to the London nightlife and eventually provoking a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill when he failed to show up for a Monday morning training session . |
| 2 | He failed to show up for the match amidst rumours that he had resigned as West Ham 's manager . |
| 3 | Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory . |
| 4 | Their room was in darkness and he had to fumble about for the switch to the bedside lamps . |
| 5 | At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles . |
| 6 | Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat ? |
| 7 | because that , he wanted to go up for a medical which was a bit erm , unethical , but I do n't know whether it 's true it 's , you know it 's just what someone said |
| 8 | He was recently fined £500 by the European Tour when , after a first round of 74 in his defence of the Mediterranean Open , he refused to come in for the requested press interview . |