Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He played mostly for the reserves , he was paid cash , it was said , while drawing the dole . |
2 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
3 | He did well for the likes of Cammell Laird and other plant closures , and has done well for the people at Rock Ferry . ’ |
4 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
5 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |