Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His caesarean birth left him slightly crippled for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | ‘ That was different , ’ he told her grandly , and resumed , ‘ While ensuring that my secretary had enough work to keep him fully occupied for the whole of that weekend , and not really expecting you would have any need to contact him , I instructed Lubor Ondrus to give you any assistance you might require should a problem arise . ’ |
| 3 | As he kissed her again he slowly felt for the gusset of her panties , pulled them to one side and entered her expertly . |
| 4 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 5 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 6 | Old Fishfinger has been flicking through More magazine which , of course , he only reads for the fishkeeping tips , and has discovered the questionnaires that they print . |
| 7 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 8 | Had he daily prayed for the church and the world ? |
| 9 | He just came for the money every day . |
| 10 | ‘ He always changed for the evening meal regardless of whether anyone was coming or not ’ . |
| 11 | He screamed back at her some choice words that he usually saved for the rent collector . |
| 12 | He also arranged for the Tanager Gallery , a co-op that enlivened the 10th Street scene for many years , to move there . |
| 13 | He also made for the grotto at Stourhead in Wiltshire the figure of a river god which , painted white to resemble marble , glows splendidly in the cavernous gloom . |
| 14 | He also belongs for the reason suggested by Svidrigailov ; Petersburg is the administrative centre of Russia , and Porfiry occupies his position there as an official examining magistrate within the metropolitan and national legal system . |
| 15 | He also called for the passage of measures to outlaw " religious hypocrisy " . |
| 16 | He also called for the removal of limits on the assets of industrial houses covered by the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices ( MRTP ) . |
| 17 | He also called for the abolition of the CAC . |
| 18 | Like the young men in Paris , he also designed for the opera and ballet , and then went on to design the famous stained glass windows of the new Coventry Cathedral . |
| 19 | Between 1511 and 1522 he probably worked for the Duke of Buckingham on Thornbury Castle , Gloucestershire . |
| 20 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 21 | He automatically reached for the cheque-book . |
| 22 | He now works for the Lotus Formula One team 's publicity operation . |
| 23 | He transferred across to MI5 later , though , and he now works for the Security Service . |
| 24 | He now worked for the Water Board as a clerical officer . |
| 25 | On March 30th he implicitly called for the economy minister 's resignation , and the next day he got it . |
| 26 | He even posed for the newspaper photographers , insisting only that they refrain from taking behind-the-bars type pictures . |
| 27 | Deep down , however , and reading his own comments about always having to fight for employment and never being superbly successful , one ca n't help feeling he actually yearned for the stability that steady and better paid work would bring . |
| 28 | Instead , he is limited to a sum which reflects the difference between what he actually paid for the property , and what the Court thinks he would have paid had he known of the defect at the time he bought it . |