Example sentences of "he [vb past] for [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 2 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 3 | So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared . |
| 4 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
| 5 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
| 6 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |
| 7 | Prolific and reliable , the 170 maps he produced for the London Magazine alone ( 1747–83 ) would prove sufficient companion for the entire history of his time . |
| 8 | In the first week of January 1979 , President Giscard d'Estaing expounded his view when he met for a summit conference with Jimmy Carter , Hemut Schmidt , the West German chancellor , and James Callaghan , the British prime minister , on the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe . |
| 9 | On the first day he announced his new sponsorship deal with Everest — a return to the firm who supported him in the 70's when he rode for the Edgar yard . |
| 10 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 11 | He applied for an MRC scholarship in clinical research at the Gustave-Roussy after seeing the application papers in a friend 's office . |
| 12 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 13 | He asked for a MRA force to come to the Ruhr — ‘ and the place to begin is Moers , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Newcastle clearly had n't heard of Sunderland , so he asked for the Wearside number . |
| 15 | A highly publicised press conference launched his return match with the man he defeated for the world title in 1972 , Boris Spassky . |
| 16 | With that he headed for the garden gate , rubbing his hands on a rag . |
| 17 | He entered for the block plan only , with three drawings . |
| 18 | Scum in uniform … he yearned for a parade ground of his former troops , for the whip crack of their rifle drill , the unison stamping of their marching boots . |
| 19 | Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change . |
| 20 | As he tensed for a judo throw , she realized what was going on and slipped away . |
| 21 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 22 | Almost as predictably , he plumped for a 1pc increase in National Insurance contributions . |
| 23 | Well topped up with these , thought Boyd as he hunted for the bread knife , she would be in a much more amicable mood , and then he might get somewhere with her . |
| 24 | The young constable was polite and thorough , as he arranged for the cupboard door to be dusted for fingerprints . |
| 25 | So now he worked for a taxi firm . |
| 26 | He worked for a furniture manufacturer and was an active member of CNT , the anarchist trades union . |
| 27 | Mr Montignac says he discovered his ‘ method ’ while lunching in fancy European restaurants when he worked for a drugs company . |
| 28 | A graduate of Cambridge University , he worked for the accountancy firm , Coopers and Lybrand , before joining P&O Containers in 1973 . |
| 29 | He worked for the Electricity Board |
| 30 | Twice he worked for the Wellington City Mission , among the lost and lonely people of the inner city . |