Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
2 His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment .
3 He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 .
4 He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair .
5 He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil .
6 Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club .
7 He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight .
8 So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again .
9 Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past .
10 He left us for a glamorous Frenchwoman and he never even sent me a card in all that time . ’
11 Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence .
12 In Peart , the more authoritative case , the accused received a car from the victim when he had told him he wanted it for a certain journey .
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