Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 2 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 5 | Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club . |
| 6 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 7 | It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers . |
| 8 | Instead of the authorised prayer , he recited one for the dead . |
| 9 | He gathered himself for a giant leap and SPRONG ! landed right in the middle of the sleeping ducks . |
| 10 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |
| 11 | He wrote it for the young men who were dying in the war , but the words may offer a little comfort . |
| 12 | Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past . |
| 13 | He left us for a glamorous Frenchwoman and he never even sent me a card in all that time . ’ |
| 14 | Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence . |
| 15 | In Peart , the more authoritative case , the accused received a car from the victim when he had told him he wanted it for a certain journey . |