Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 2 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 3 | He flew around hoping for a break in the visibility . |
| 4 | Jehan suddenly thought about the possibilities of ambush , and he wheeled around to look for the trooper who was riding escort on this side . |
| 5 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 6 | ‘ And Gabby turned out to be particularly good , which saved him from having to do the usual terrible , crap jobs that the Hawaiians had to do , and he ended up playing for a living in just about every joint in Hawaii — and there were lots of them in those days , because live music was a big thing . |