Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collecting her ticket , she came up behind him again as he checked in for the flight . |
| 2 | Finding himself with nine months to kill between school and university he cast round for a job . |
| 3 | Smiling awkwardly , he cast around for a topic of conversation that was n't personal and had difficulty in finding one . |
| 4 | Blanche 's question woke Dexter from his reverie and he cast around for a photograph of Nicola in the room . |
| 5 | He cast around for a chair , shoved some papers aside with a foot and perched on the edge of an armchair . |
| 6 | He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties . |
| 7 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 9 | ‘ He came back for the church 's centenary , ’ Mr Hickman recalled . |
| 10 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 11 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 12 | He turned up for a remand hearing at Redbridge court covered in baby oil to make it difficult for warders to grab hold of him . |
| 13 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 14 | He bumbled around for a bit , trying to coil up the string and push the wood into tidy heaps . |
| 15 | Logie and Dujon were steering the game their way when Dujon was bowled as he stepped back for a cover drive , and that was the turning point . |
| 16 | He glanced up for a moment towards the senator and Jacques Devraux . |
| 17 | Snuggling into his chair , he settled down for an hour or two 's tinkering . |
| 18 | PUPILS at a Middlesbrough school welcomed the Bishop of Whitby into their classrooms when he called in for a day 's visit . |
| 19 | He reached over for a whip in its cup . |
| 20 | He reached over for the glass and swallowed down the rest of its contents , eyeing her malevolently . |
| 21 | He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open . |
| 22 | He reached up for the light switch . |
| 23 | As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him … |
| 24 | He reached out for the book , but before Melissa could give it to him , Gebrec snatched it from her . |
| 25 | As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her . |
| 26 | After eight years practising and perfecting he sent off for a plan and made his own Appalachian dulcimer — and it was better than the one he was given . |
| 27 | but when he stumped up for a brandy and soda |
| 28 | He was drunk , the window was open , he leant out for a breath of air , he fell : that was the general opinion . ’ |
| 29 | Widnes substitute Emosi Koloto scattered a couple of Northern defenders as he went over for a try in the 39th minute . |
| 30 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |