Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The badges of honour he sports on his veteran 's beret when he goes dining for the old soldiers ' vote gave his plea a sort of authority . |
| 2 | Wright is not that much of a loss — in the games he has played for the national team which i have seen he has not been up to par . |
| 3 | He is nevertheless expected to have an easy win in the Lyons constituency he has represented for the past 13 years . |
| 4 | He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals . |
| 5 | Not only is the seat he has held for the past 15 years , in the Yvelines to the west of Paris , now under serious threat , but so too is the whole political future and his dream of a new social democratic movement . |
| 6 | After all , the Minister is always returning to the House to tell us what a wonderful deal he has got for the British farmer and consumer . |
| 7 | He has informed his doctors and begun the painful process to negate the effects of the hormones he has taken for the last nine months . |
| 8 | His texts were like epic editions of the famous WFMT Chicago radio show he has hosted for the past 35 years , in which he encourages but never intrudes . |
| 9 | Etheridge , English-born with Irish parentage , replaces Neil Francis , who withdrew last week because of business commitments , and he intends to play for the Irish Exiles side in their provincial championship debut next season . |
| 10 | He does feel for the young man . |
| 11 | He begins to long for the happy carefree days when he was single . |
| 12 | He 's gone for the narrow side he 's tried to squeeze it in the in the near post when he 'd got all the far post to go for . |