Example sentences of "when he [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an all-time low after the Mandela concert , when he cheered for the benefit of the TV cameras only |
| 2 | The company said standard vetting procedures were followed , which did not reveal any adverse information about him when he applied for the post . |
| 3 | What a shame that Andy Nicol is not a few years younger , for he too showed himself to be of world class in last year 's celebration of New Zealand 's centenary , when he played for the World XV in Christchurch . |
| 4 | He was at his most sincere when he argued for the South and defended it ferociously against the feebleness of Yankee and British snobberies and prejudice . |
| 5 | And the gesture is Raskolnikov 's too , for example when he feels for the axe slung inside his overcoat . |
| 6 | When he went for the audition , playwright Bernard Kops and director David de Keyser had already cast Melvyn Hayes in the lead role and asked the star to read scenes with those trying for the other parts . |
| 7 | I hope that a message will go out from my hon. and learned Friend the Minister when he replies for the Government . |
| 8 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 9 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 10 | were you present when he defined for the benefit of my Lord and the jury , what was meant by management charges in that sentence |
| 11 | but when he pauses for the interpreter 's turn |