Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That same month , bowing to pressure , he agreed to appoint a Minister for the Coordination of Defence . |
| 2 | Solicitations for military promotion could become quite pointed if the politician did not act quickly , as the Earl of Marchmont discovered when he failed to secure a promotion for Lieutenant James Wedderburn , whose uncle complained was |
| 3 | That was the shock claim from Blades manager Dave Bassett last night after he failed to find a buyer for the 32-year old-winger . |
| 4 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 5 | He was a regular in the designer bars that pose in the sun along the Portofino coastline and although he only drinks moderately , he has developed a taste for vintage champagne . |
| 6 | Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea . |
| 7 | Alan Davies did , and as a stand-up comedian he has refined a form for its expression that the live circuit and television like . |
| 8 | It is not likely that he has seen a pixie for himself . |
| 9 | He has become a target for abuse — and powerful sponsors who back the team with around £20-£25million a year want a say in what has become the greatest sports outcry of all time . |
| 10 | He has sketched a procedure for inventing classifiers in many learning situations , and he suggests a Bayesian approach which helps find good heuristic components for them . |
| 11 | He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change . |
| 12 | He has won a day for himself and a companion at Doncaster Races on March 19 the opening meeting of the Flat by providing the first correct entry opened in our recent racing competition . |
| 13 | At Oxford , Mr Gould joined the Labour Party partly in response to what he saw as an attempt by the City to frustrate the 1964 election results and he has retained a disdain for the get-rich-quick philosophy of the City ever since . |
| 14 | He has had a passion for buses and coaches ever since childhood when his father took him to the Darlington bus depot where he still works as a driver . |
| 15 | He has acquired a taste for alcohol and tobacco . |
| 16 | If it 's not practical to visit your debtor and he has promised a cheque for a definite future date try , ‘ Fine . |
| 17 | But I 'll give you the number — ’ I gave it — ‘ and if he wants to leave a message for me , Mrs McDougall will take it . ’ |
| 18 | The secretary of the local tennis club telephones to say that he wants to make a booking for their annual dinner and dance . |
| 19 | He 'd developed a contempt for men like Morgan and Evans . |
| 20 | He 'd kept a diary for years . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought he 'd made a bolt for it , ’ said Dalziel . |
| 22 | Tremayne made more than his usual fuss over Fiona , sensing some sort of turmoil , telling her comfortably that Mackie had just come back from Ascot races where he 'd sent a runner for the apprentice race which had proved a total waste of time . |
| 23 | He 'd laid a trap for her and she was on the verge of plunging headlong into it . |
| 24 | Yes , when I came to think of it , he 'd had a cough for some time . |
| 25 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 26 | He thought he 'd got a job for life when he got his old mate Humphrey in as master — they were at school together , you know — but all that 's backfired pretty badly . |
| 27 | So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ . |
| 28 | It was during the five years he spent in Orkney that he began to make a name for himself in the field of English-language studies ; he was also the writer of the ‘ Orcadian Boatman 's Song ’ . |
| 29 | Then he started making a plate for them all . |
| 30 | This was having something in common with your lover , she thought , remembering the way it had been with Mike , who was interested only in banking and golf and what he called making a home for one 's family . |