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

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1 For , proving that he cared for his family every bit as much as it had seemed , he said , ‘ Hello , Travis , come in .
2 When , in the 1590s , Essex failed to get the Attorneyship for Francis Bacon , he sought for his protege the vacant post of Solicitor .
3 He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week , he lives with his parents and pays a board of twenty pounds per week he 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty .
4 He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week .
5 By his intimate connection with the greatest men of the day in the medical profession , he obtained for his pupils the privilege of their teaching free of expense , and thus it is that a considerable number in the ranks of our profession are pupils of Abernethy , Astley Cooper , Charles Bell , Brodie , Faraday and Brand .
6 He chose for his format the imperial folio size ( 22 x 16½in/59 x 42cm ) considerably smaller than Audubon 's double elephant , but still affording him the chance to draw most of his subjects life-size .
7 I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’
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