Example sentences of "he [verb] for [det] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He lived for most of the time at his family seat at Laxton Hall , Northamptonshire , with his wife and only daughter , and frequented St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in London .
2 A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder .
3 He joined them when he first moved to England in 1991 to contest the Vauxhall junior championship , a series he led for much of the season .
4 He led for most of the first 60 laps but was forced to make a tyre change .
5 However , probably his best performance was in the Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown where he led for most of the trip before tiring and finishing fourth behind subsequent Cheltenham hero Jodami , Chatam and General Idea .
6 In civilian parlance Major Mike Herriott , Who runs No 4 Region , could be described as the ‘ District Catering Operations Manager ’ , and as such he arranges for each of the twenty Master Chefs to receive regular visits from one of the team of three Area Catering Officers ( ACOs ) or six Area Catering Warrant Officers ( ACWOs ) .
7 He relies for that upon the dicta of Lord Denning M.R. in In re Bramblevale Ltd. [ 1970 ] Ch. 128 , 137A .
8 My old mate , who although he stands sixty fret high , is in fact only eighteen years old , said absolutely nothing but just went on waving his limbs as he does for most of the day .
9 He slept for most of the afternoon .
10 Herbert complained of heat and hardship , declaring that what he longed for most in the world was a marble bathroom with warm scented water and soft towels .
11 He pushed for most of the equipment you see here . ’
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