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 . |