Example sentences of "he [verb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nowhere for him to go for a bit of company — he wo n't go to the day hospital because he thinks they 'll make him take drugs . |
| 2 | Following a meeting this morning at the Department of Energy , may I ask him to arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement answering the anger in Coventry , not just about the way in which the pit was closed and the loss of jobs , but the belief that the closure took place to mothball 40 million tonnes of medium sulphur content coal so that , were the Conservatives to be re-elected and the pits privatised , Daw Mill could take that coal out in a UDM pit ? |
| 3 | I had one job to do first thing in the morning — to ring Sir Geoffrey Gillington and ask him to arrange for the manager of the Upper Thames Street branch of the bank to receive Miss Macdonald when she called , and to keep her letter for me . |
| 4 | So long as he 's our man , it does n't matter whether we have him shot for the murder of Daniel or this other fellow . |
| 5 | Surveying the results of her handiwork , she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank . |
| 6 | Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage . |
| 7 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 8 | It did not occur to him to look for a seat outside Worcestershire , and even if it had there was little reason why he should have secured one . |
| 9 | For the searcher who goes on and comes to believe , this is the only possible starting point — a sense of need which may range from a mild discomfort to a deep conviction , but which spurs him to look for a solution beyond himself . |
| 10 | However , where any person holds proxies requiring him to vote for the appointment of himself as trustee , he may use those proxies and vote accordingly ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 11 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 12 | Sandy shot a 71 , though , and that left him tied for the lead with David Graham , who we played with , of course , for the third round . |
| 13 | Thomas Coram 's revulsion at the infant corpses in London gutters led him to campaign for a hospital for foundlings , established in 1741 . |
| 14 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 15 | The boy lives with his aunt but his mother , who is estranged from Luke 's father , often has him to stay for a couple of days . |
| 16 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 17 | Thanks also for opting for Portsmouth , I hope we never see him playing for the opposition in a ‘ real ’ match as it might spoil memories … bit like Shez and the Frog … |
| 18 | He came and went so quickly that she might not have known it was him save for the flash of his yellow cravat under the gas-lamp . |
| 19 | The revenues it generated — well over £2 million — were what enabled him to bid for the factory at Earby , only a couple of miles over the hill from Barnoldswick . |
| 20 | They include power to enter , at any reasonable time , any premises which he has reason to believe it is necessary for him to enter for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the legal provisions within the field of responsibility of his enforcing authority . |
| 21 | It means little for this child to perform with the greatest precision the most difficult pieces , with hands that can hardly stretch a sixth ; but what is really incredible is to see him improvise for an hour on end and in doing so give rein to the inspiration of his genius and to a mass of enchanting ideas … |
| 22 | He made for a line of scrub between two gates and waited until the street outside was fairly clear , then climbed the railings and dropped down . |
| 23 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 24 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 25 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 26 | When this second marriage broke down in 1963 , Simenon was already having an affair with another maid , Teresa Sburelin , with whom he lived for the rest of his life . |
| 27 | Robert Bevan , one of their number , had worked at Pont-Aven and had known Paul Gauguin , and Sickert , whose sympathy with France went deep , owned a house in Neuville , on the outskirts of Dieppe , which he lent for a time to the Gilmans . |
| 28 | He planned for the church to be a community where people love each other in a way that is irresistibly attractive . |
| 29 | Soon Godwin was to sell the shop to Collins — and trigger its slow decline — but before he quit for a job as chief editor with Penguin Books he decided to open a paperback section in Old Compton Street . |
| 30 | He is notorious in Islamabad because he argued for the cut-off in American aid to Pakistan , implemented last autumn . |