Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions .
2 Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ :
3 In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) .
4 Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess .
5 But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with .
6 And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won .
7 Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening .
8 He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive .
9 He blamed her for the death of his sister .
10 But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family .
11 So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ?
12 He jailed them for the weekend , the judge .
13 He watched me for the effect of this slang .
14 She said well he took it for the glass .
15 The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft .
16 He bought it for the Astra .
17 ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said .
18 Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime .
19 He said nothing for the moment .
20 Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice .
21 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
22 He valued it for the beauty of some of its contents , for the dignity of others , and the curiosity of all .
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