Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 2 | Edgar thanked the Danes for their support and allowed them to live under such laws as they might choose , and it must be significant that Swegen landed in Lincolnshire when he made his bid for the kingship in 1013 , and that in 1066 King Harald of Norway made for York , where he had hopes that the citizens would assist him in his endeavours . |
| 3 | He lowered his eyes for an instant to the parchments that littered the table . |
| 4 | He was " worldly minded " ( Hebrews 12:16–17 ) — " he sold his birthright for a single meal " . |
| 5 | It turned out that he shared my liking for the more conventional kind of organ . |
| 6 | He asked their Lordships for the forthcoming Proof before the Sheriff to be heard away from Orkney in mainland Scotland . |
| 7 | He asked his Chairman for a private chat they retired to the gents and Gould who had no contract said he was finished . |
| 8 | He played against the touring Western Samoa and Italy sides that same season and it was not until 1989 that he got his chance for a full tenure for the Five Nations games . |
| 9 | And Goethe — although he retained his admiration for the Greeks , and not least for the three tragedians , right up to his death in 1832 — mostly looked in other directions for his inspiration after the unfinished drama Pandora of 1810 . |
| 10 | ‘ He swopped my mother for a younger woman when he was in his late sixties . |
| 11 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 12 | He reported his search for a tapestry at Paris , to cover the walls of the chancel-lor 's hall at Westminster , but had not yet found one suitable . |
| 13 | We can see how he used his knowledge for the chapters on Hannibal in Gaul of Book 3 of his histories ; but Book 24 in which he summarized his findings is lost . |
| 14 | He used my shoulder for a support while he was firing . |
| 15 | He sucked his teeth for a minute . |
| 16 | As he bent his knees for a closer look , a single spot of blood from his cut hand fell on to a wing ; shocking crimson on the pale surface , spreading into a crude blotch . |
| 17 | With Sherwood arrogance , he lifted his stick for the copybook cut shot . |
| 18 | He lifted his head for a moment to look at her . |
| 19 | Even if he survived the present crisis with its unusually heavy demands on resources , there were still a few weeks to go before he received his allocation for the next year . |
| 20 | He bewildered his audience for a moment , and then moved them , when he suddenly turned a political invective about government 's neglect of the environment into a lament that one of the sad losses was going to be the poetry of the countryside , the pastorals of a Vergil or a Theocritus . |
| 21 | His best season with the Palace was undoubtedly 1907–08 , during which he staked his claim for a full England cap and was England 's reserve against Scotland . |
| 22 | He swapped his skis for a pair with sharper edges . |
| 23 | Police were called and he swapped his castle for a cell . |
| 24 | In doing so , he forgot his fears for a moment . |
| 25 | He reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and called on the Israeli government to enter into direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but also denounced the Arab economic boycott of Israel and said that he would press the European Communities ( EC ) to pass measures opposing it . |
| 26 | Immediately he looked away and stared instead at J. J. Gerrard , not caring whether or not he showed his dislike for the situation he was in . |
| 27 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 28 | Yet he opened his challenge for The Masters with a 75 and closed it with an 81 . |
| 29 | He shook his head for a second , trying to clear it . |
| 30 | He shook his head for the pain she had been through . |