Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he came back from Livorno in the late summer of 1913 he made straight for the Café Rotonde , to be greeted rapturously by artists and models on the terrace . |
| 2 | Collecting her ticket , she came up behind him again as he checked in for the flight . |
| 3 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 4 | Friends say he cared deeply for the countryside and worked tirelessly to improve the public rights of way network through his job as footpath officer for the Richmondshire group of the ramblers ' association , which he helped to start . |
| 5 | He argued instead for the establishment of a small number of what he termed ‘ freeports ’ , within which unregulated free enterprise would be encouraged . |
| 6 | He fought again for the count of Aumale in his rebellion at the end of 1220 . |
| 7 | He applied unsuccessfully for the chair of technology at Edinburgh , and in 1862 was appointed keeper of minerals to the Royal Dublin Society , His meteorological output was confined to the translation of Dove 's book but in 1866 he was approached by his intimate friend ( Sir ) Edward Sabine [ q.v. ] , then at the height of his influence as president of the Royal Society and prospective chairman of the new meteorological committee , and was offered the directorship of the Meteorological Office . |
| 8 | Outdoors , he continued to carry the picture while walking bipedally , and he headed directly for the gorilla quarters which were located near the adult-ape house on a hill behind the language lab . |
| 9 | ’ The child was still crying as Alan sat down with him , but he grasped greedily for the milk . |
| 10 | When the Frenchman saw what was happening , he shouted angrily for the senator to stop . |
| 11 | He played twice for the Republic of Ireland in 88–89 . |
| 12 | ‘ The DJ took up the same line when he came on for the broadcast quiz interview , ’ she went on . |
| 13 | ‘ He came back for the church 's centenary , ’ Mr Hickman recalled . |
| 14 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
| 15 | He turned up for the audition with his art teacher , Rose , who he was dating at the time . |
| 16 | He pressed particularly for the granting of full British right of abode to Hong Kong 's civil servants , a category which , on the broadest interpretation , might embrace 180,000 public-sector employees . |
| 17 | With the chairman , David Lindsay , Earl of Crawford and Balcarres [ q.v. ] , he worked tirelessly for the library at a critical period in its history . |
| 18 | Although a private man and somewhat of a loner , he worked tirelessly for the department both in a teaching and administrative capacity . |
| 19 | Abandoning all cares and concerns , he dashed headlong for the surface , dodging rocks that were jarred from the ceiling . |
| 20 | He reached again for the telephone , this time excitement replacing his fear . |
| 21 | He reached over for the glass and swallowed down the rest of its contents , eyeing her malevolently . |
| 22 | He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open . |
| 23 | He reached up for the light switch . |
| 24 | As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him … |
| 25 | He reached out for the book , but before Melissa could give it to him , Gebrec snatched it from her . |
| 26 | As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her . |
| 27 | I wan na get him another towelling dressing gown because the blue one he had on the caravan he brought home for the winter bring them home and wash them . |
| 28 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |
| 29 | I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter |
| 30 | He went back for the woman pedestrian he knocked down near a busy roundabout and helped her into his white Sierra car . |