Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle .
2 Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago .
3 Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit .
4 He fought it for a second , then gave in .
5 When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed .
6 ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note .
7 ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’
8 He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver .
9 He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises .
10 He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out .
11 The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment .
12 He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him .
13 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 .
14 But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with .
15 And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won .
16 Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day .
17 Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening .
18 He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile .
19 He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed .
20 He studied her for a moment .
21 He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged .
22 He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk .
23 Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid .
24 He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course .
25 He studied it for a while , whistled and rang Fulham .
26 Instead , he renewed it for a year ; by June 3rd he has to decide whether to do so again .
27 He scrutinised her for a moment .
28 He shook it for a while until it gurgled and moved its head weakly .
29 By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there .
30 Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response .
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