Example sentences of "he [vb past] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 2 | He made for the central entrance to the choir under the organ and almost collided with Dhani , who giggled . |
| 3 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 4 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 5 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 6 | Yohan , an old man , was moved to tears as he read a tract , as he realised for the first time how much God loved him . |
| 7 | ‘ So you will not consider me , after all our friendship ? ’ he asked , and Emily moved restlessly ; he realised for the first time that all her movements were studied . |
| 8 | He recalled Blaney 's pallid and innocuous watercolours of the better-known beauty spots of Norfolk : Blakeney , St Peter Mancroft and the cathedral at Norwich , which he produced for the local shops . |
| 9 | For three seasons he rode for the Scottish millionaire George Baird ( ‘ Mr Abington ’ ) , training and riding Busybody . |
| 10 | He applied for the first chair and then thought better of it and withdrew the application ; refused to apply for the second despite the supplications of Cambridge friends ; and finally applied for the third , the chair of primacy , the regius chair made vacant by the retirement of Charles Raven . |
| 11 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 12 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 13 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 14 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ What exactly did he take ? ’ he asked for the fourth time . |
| 16 | Her attacker got a 2 month suspended sentence ; the same as he got for the original theft . |
| 17 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 18 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 19 | He sought for the right word . |
| 20 | He sought for the right phrase . |
| 21 | He qualified for the light-middleweight semi-finals by beating Norway 's Ole Klemetsen . |
| 22 | When he came back , he tried for the Anglican priesthood and was rejected . ’ |
| 23 | He headed for the Seventh Day Adventist College , New Bold in Berkshire . |
| 24 | He headed for the main building , and the area of the basement where secure matter could be despatched back home . |
| 25 | Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather . |
| 26 | In his slow crawl from the corner as he peered for the right number through the flooding windscreen , it had seemed an odd neigh-bourhood for the Fight Game : well-weeded drives , well-painted houses , the cars as recommended by Which ? and Ratepayers ' Association posters in several windows . |
| 27 | When he reported for the necessary swearing and documentation , the local recruiting officer and his staff were understandably disappointed that Harold could tell them nothing about what his duties were to be . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |
| 29 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 30 | In the 1912–13 season Harry was awarded Representative honours , when he played for the Southern League in all three inter-league fixtures against the Football League , the Scottish League and the League of Ireland . |