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

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1 It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions .
2 He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order .
3 In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) .
4 Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess .
5 But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with .
6 And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won .
7 Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible .
8 Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening .
9 He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said .
10 He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive .
11 He blamed her for the death of his sister .
12 But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family .
13 So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ?
14 He jailed them for the weekend , the judge .
15 He watched me for the effect of this slang .
16 He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said .
17 She said well he took it for the glass .
18 The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft .
19 At some future time might he blame her for the loss of his dream ?
20 ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said .
21 And sis he do it for the whole of the island or just the was did the sort of parish have their own chap ?
22 Today , in Court 13 , he saves it for the end of his opening .
23 Steve Astington says he was a rock climber and then moved over to marathons … this is his thirteenth … you have to put a lot of training in … he does them for the enjoyment it takes him away from life and all the stresses
24 Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime .
25 He said nothing for the moment .
26 Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice .
27 When he leaves her for the Gipsy and she dances .
28 He valued it for the beauty of some of its contents , for the dignity of others , and the curiosity of all .
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