Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the South African War , he tried unsuccessfully to stand for the South African parliament before returning home to marry Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton . |
| 2 | He 'd already asked for a copy of the calendars of the Carmelite , Nicholas of Lyn . |
| 3 | He 'd probably asked for the best sherry available , she rightly guessed . |
| 4 | Then , during the afternoon he put in a personal appearance at three of the funeral parlours that he 'd recently acquired for the company as part of his new expansion programme . |
| 5 | While Lee 's claims on Dickerson are evidently still large , perhaps he 'd better look for a new cinematographer now that his old pal has a director 's credit . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't ever , ’ and Donald took another breath , through his mouth this time , as if he 'd only surfaced for a moment , ‘ do n't EVER eat my beans again . ’ |
| 7 | Now it belonged to Frankie , and while he secretly warmed himself in its folds he spared little thought for the comfort of its previous owner . |
| 8 | During his first twenty years at Finsbury , Meldola published more than 250 papers and reports , and during his presidency of the Institute of Chemistry he did much work for the development of all aspects of its activities . |
| 9 | Chattopadhyay had served as a Minister under Indira Gandhi in the 1970s ; following the November 1989 Lok Sabha elections he had unsuccessfully called for the resignation of Rajiv Gandhi as Congress ( I ) leader and had eventually resigned from the party . |
| 10 | A rugby blue , he had also played for the Barbarians . |
| 11 | He had also arranged for a small box of hand-made chocolates to be given to each of them upon departure . |
| 12 | If my memory serves me correctly , he had also worked for a while in the office of a chartered accountant , but to no avail . |
| 13 | He had just paid for the whisky when the door blew open , and a huge Irishman staggered into the establishment . |
| 14 | God , thought Dalziel as he had frequently thought for the past twenty years , you 're the most miserable-looking bugger I ever saw . |
| 15 | He had previously worked for the firm and was due to go back to it . |
| 16 | John could easily believe it ; be remembered how , when he was walking the route of that particular line , he had once asked for a glass of water at a cottage and been charged eightpence for it . |
| 17 | He had once fought for the French , but they had not promoted him beyond the rank of colonel , she had deserted to the British who had rewarded his defection with a knighthood and a generalship , but even so , he still felt slighted . |
| 18 | He had often wished for an opportunity to try out this splendid tool in peaceful days gone by . |
| 19 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 20 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 21 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 22 | The court found that all his experience had been in these areas ; he had always worked for the plaintiffs and therefore the clause rendered him unemployable over a very wide area for a significant time . |
| 23 | Within minutes of Cantona signing for United last week , sources at Leeds revealed that he had twice asked for a move , and stormed out of Elland Road only days before his £1.2 million transfer . |
| 24 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , if he 's so decent , ’ said Amiss , as he donned the pyjamas he had specially bought for the purposes of room-sharing , ‘ why does he allow us to be fed so badly ? ’ |
| 26 | He had almost sent for the Headmaster because of all his questions . |
| 27 | There were plenty of examples of schemes and estates in the area ‘ put into place by caring councils ’ , he said also calling for the freeing of sale money . |