Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 2 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 3 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 4 | It was as if , having goaded her to the point of total capitulation , he 'd opted for a wary cooling-off period . |
| 5 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 6 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 7 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 8 | He started racing for a small local manufacturer . |
| 9 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 10 | There was a fat envelope , probably the proofs of an article he had written for an anthropological journal . |
| 11 | He had hoped for a critical reexamination of the field . |
| 12 | He needed to compare his ledger 's statistics with the industry averages/norm , and he had hoped for a concentrated sample from their trade association , but no such luck . |
| 13 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 14 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 15 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 16 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 17 | He had asked for an urgent meeting with Rakovsky to discuss the report and get instructions . |
| 18 | He believed there was a future for Swanage and therefore he had striven for a great number of years to improve it — ( laughter ) — but he was very glad that those who came from afar were pleased and satisfied . |
| 19 | It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs . |
| 20 | He had gone for a short walk over some fields — his constitutional — and had met a woman pushing a bicycle . |
| 21 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 22 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 23 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 24 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 25 | Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener . |
| 26 | By the time that Orchard made his last will in January 1504 he had married for a second time . |
| 27 | he said looking for a little boy who can do building work |
| 28 | He intended to challenge for a third successive 800 metres title but withdraw last night because of a shin injury . |