Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time .
2 Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion .
3 He decided to wear it for the rest of his life .
4 No doubt about it , he meant to corner her for the evening .
5 If he did not initially envisage independence for black Africa , it is difficult to believe that he did envisage it for the départements of French Algeria .
6 ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time .
7 His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years .
8 He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before .
9 Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase .
10 Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad .
11 Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist .
12 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
13 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
14 Previously he had blamed her for the lack of sexual satisfaction she gave him , experiencing her as semi-frigid and totally unexciting .
15 He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom .
16 One thing she had to say about Dad , at least he had prepped her for the world she was going to have to live in .
17 He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period .
18 He continued to astound me for the next four years .
19 In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras .
20 And he wanted to prepare himself for the daughter .
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