Example sentences of "he [verb] a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Establishment of Jesus 's day would have liked him to establish a political kingdom for the Jews , but he said , ‘ My Kingdom is not of this world . ’ |
| 2 | God 's answer encourages him to press a personal plea for a revelation of God in all his splendour . |
| 3 | I figured a man like Truro Daine , who is well known for being up to his knees in dirt year in year out , would have a lot of use for their product , and decided to call on him to give a heavy pitch for the latest range of fine-bristled superswift specials . |
| 4 | Enough of him had , however , remained in the present to enable him to present a powerful case for the area 's preservation and to prophesy that the objectors would win . |
| 5 | He said that the party would be committed to democracy , socialism and universal social welfare , but it was expected to attract mostly Moslems after the convention of Moslems organized by Shahabuddin on July 8-9 had asked him to organize a national party for minority groups . |
| 6 | In his grandiose overview of the history of medical science published in 1919 , he made a powerful case for a totalizing conception of preventive medicine . |
| 7 | While still running , he made a frantic jump for its lowest branch . |
| 8 | He made a simple crib for the baby , and heaped praise on Sien whenever she acted maternally . |
| 9 | He made a sudden dash for the undergrowth . |
| 10 | On Aug. 19 he made a dramatic call for resistance , standing on one of the tanks stationed outside the Supreme Soviet building ( 10 tanks went over to Yeltsin on the night of Aug. 19 — see below ; the commander of tanks stationed outside the Russian Supreme Soviet building was reported as saying that he would not order an attack on Yeltsin . ) |
| 11 | All that changed , however , when he realised a rich talent for spin bowling was in danger of going to waste . |
| 12 | ‘ What 's he want a mounting block for ? |
| 13 | He experienced a considerable longing for a whole life of shambles and baked beans . |
| 14 | Unlike the new Cistercian seekers for a simpler form of monastic life , Anselm — however much he shared a personal preference for simplicity — disapproved of a discontented search for something better than the present community provided . |
| 15 | He fought a vigorous battle for the right of the Croat Church — at this time under the patriarchate of Aquilaea , which owed allegiance to Byzantium — to use the Slavonic liturgy and the glagolitic alphabet , in opposition to the Roman influences of the neighbouring bishopric of Split . |
| 16 | He did a stint on a chain gang , and he became a professional boxer for a while . |
| 17 | Congratulations are in order for , as in October he became a proud grandfather for the second time . |
| 18 | He became a fashionable architect for London houses and flats , and designed two much-publicized houses in Gayfere Street , Westminster , for Wilfrid Ashley ( later Baron Mount Temple , q.v. ) in 1926 and 1931 . |
| 19 | And he , he got a good price for them with them being washed for to put potatoes in . |
| 20 | He then went and called on a Mrs who 'd got a confectionery shop , corner of Road and Road and a hard luck story there , he got a few pound for doing out the sacrament , he got some money from her . |
| 21 | Then , he revealed a double target for the World Championships in August . |
| 22 | Then he revealed a double target for the World Championships in August . |
| 23 | This September he launches a new scent for men called — what else — Photo . |
| 24 | Undoubtedly he built a solid foundation for the great changes which were to come , and secured the tramway for the future . |
| 25 | Jilted-architect Newton Davies ( Martin ) blubs to a down-and-out waitress Gwen ( Hawn ) that his loved one would n't marry him , despite the fact that he built a beautiful house for her . |
| 26 | ‘ by a person duly licensed to drive it ’ The problem of hearsay evidence can occur where a passenger in a motor vehicle has to be asked whether or not he holds a current licence for the class of vehicle . |
| 27 | Certainly MacDonald 's international fame was greater than Baldwin 's , and there is some evidence that he maintained a certain touch for foreign affairs well after he had lost it domestically . |
| 28 | He provided a theoretical justification for the method of collecting natural histories . |
| 29 | He writes a regular column for BBC WILDLIFE . |
| 30 | He writes a weekly column for The People newspaper . |