Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may come in for a steak , but he wants to take his time and enjoy a leisurely meal . |
| 2 | Tomorrow he may come in for a steak , but needs to be in and out in ten minutes . |
| 3 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 4 | A composer is haunted by certain themes , subjects or moods , and he must look around for the stories or dramatic vehicles he needs to bring these themes to life as musical theatre . |
| 5 | But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money . |
| 6 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 7 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 8 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 9 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 10 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 11 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 12 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
| 14 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 15 | He would go out for a walk , leaving me alone for an hour , then return full of high spirits , shouting from the doorway : . |
| 16 | He said he would ask Sir David Attenborough to help her , which he did by checking out her agent and saying he would look out for a film part for her . ’ |
| 17 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 18 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 19 | During the famous Intermezzo the conductor asked Mascagni if he would take over for a moment . |
| 20 | His morning swims at the Queen Mother Leisure Centre in Victoria are a vital part of his training which he describes as ‘ a treat for my body after the running ’ and , like many other runners , he will go out for a long run on a Sunday . |
| 21 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 22 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 23 | If he does , it is likely he will turn out for the Aberdeen side , Touche Ross . |
| 24 | 6 weeks on , he can last out for the whole lesson . |