Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coaching duties with the Scotland sevens squad concluded for the day , he duly appeared for the second half of the semi-final against the relatively fresh-faced youths of White Hart Marauders — inspired by England internationalists , Dewi Morris and Jeremy Guscott , and B caps , Damian Hopley and Justyn Cassell . |
| 2 | He only entered for the Foreign Office and the block plan , with a total of ten drawings , and was awarded one of the fifth prizes for his Foreign Office design . |
| 3 | He never gives his name , and he always asks for the same dedication . |
| 4 | He always looks for the best in people or in any given situation . |
| 5 | He wisely asked for the downward transition after a circuit and the mare came down to trot , threw her head up briefly and then rounded again . |
| 6 | He also answered for the general practitioner , dental and pharmaceutical services . |
| 7 | He was so tall and masculine that he probably went for the dainty feminine types . |
| 8 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 9 | Downing Street yesterday firmly rejected bitter criticism by President Clinton of ‘ unfair ’ subsidies towards the European Airbus which he partly blamed for the threatened loss of 28,000 Boeing jobs . |
| 10 | NEIL KINNOCK yesterday declared himself fit to be Prime Minister , by claiming in an end-of-conference message that he now speaks for the British people . |
| 11 | A graduate in urban and regional planning , he originally worked for the Urban Wildlife Trust in Birmingham and also spent a period as an environmental planning consultant . |
| 12 | He then waited for the next major religious festival — Whitsuntide — and made the translation into a great occasion , although with troops at hand in case of trouble . |
| 13 | Director for the past five years of the National Campaign for the Arts , he previously worked for the former Labour minister , Mr Albert Booth , and the Low Pay Unit . |
| 14 | His attempts to explain away SNP support are engagingly loopy — can he seriously account for the 10 per cent increase in Glasgow by a rise in ‘ rural Conservatism ’ , or anti-Tory tactical voting ? |