Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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1 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
2 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
3 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
4 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
5 | ‘ He was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh , and he seems to blame me for the whole thing . |
6 | He decided to wear it for the rest of his life . |
7 | No doubt about it , he meant to corner her for the evening . |
8 | If he did not initially envisage independence for black Africa , it is difficult to believe that he did envisage it for the départements of French Algeria . |
9 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
10 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |
11 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
12 | Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase . |
13 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
14 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
15 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
16 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
17 | Previously he had blamed her for the lack of sexual satisfaction she gave him , experiencing her as semi-frigid and totally unexciting . |
18 | He had been found asleep on the floor of a taxi outside a night club and claimed he had hired it for the evening as his bedroom . |
19 | One thing she had to say about Dad , at least he had prepped her for the world she was going to have to live in . |
20 | He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period . |
21 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
22 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
23 | And he wanted to prepare himself for the daughter . |
24 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |