Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

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1 He asked their Lordships for the forthcoming Proof before the Sheriff to be heard away from Orkney in mainland Scotland .
2 He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery .
3 He describes his fears for the future in his book , Architect or Bee ?
4 When the fire of the Holy Spirit falls , he warms our hearts for the things of God .
5 He was short and deeply unpopular with everyone because he had cheated them out of their money when he collected their taxes for the Roman army .
6 He reviewed the changes made during his period as Soviet leader saying that " a totalitarian system which deprived the country of an opportunity to become wealthy and prosperous a long time ago has been liquidated " , and he expressed his hopes for the future : " Some mistakes could probably have been avoided , much been done better , but I am sure that sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results . "
7 In his old age , memory perhaps somewhat affected by imagination , he wrote his recollections for the ‘ Cornish Times ’ of 1901 .
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