Example sentences of "his [noun] and [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gritting his teeth against the stab of pain from his wounded leg , he dropped to his knees and grabbed frantically for the weapon with his left hand , expecting every moment that the enemy would burst in to finish him off . |
| 2 | Willie shaded his eyes and looked around for him . |
| 3 | Hard to feel sorry for the laird , who would have watched the sweating workers from his window , hands in pockets , listening for the doorbell in case the king changed his mind and dropped in for a scone . |
| 4 | He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while , but it was too cold to linger long . |
| 5 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 6 | But he was n't ready yet to go back to his home and rummage around for documents . |
| 7 | Usually he just sat at his desk and waited quietly for four o'clock to come , when he could go home . |
| 8 | Would n't it be a poor thing to have the man close his shop and walk back for a kind of half-hearted snack . |
| 9 | This means sleeping in his room and hopping out for walks with him when nobody is about . ’ |
| 10 | Mr McAteer said he deeply regretted his behaviour and apologised unreservedly for being ‘ rude , aggressive and unprofessional ’ . |
| 11 | After breakfast he put a book in his pocket and went out for a walk . |
| 12 | When Bathsheba ran out of the house the previous night , Troy first replaced the coffin lid , then went upstairs to lie on his bed and wait miserably for the morning . |
| 13 | Otto had been true to his word and left out for me a pair of boy 's shorts . |
| 14 | If she sat beside him her head would loll onto his shoulder and stay there for long moments . |
| 15 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |
| 16 | ‘ I was ten times worse myself and got over it on my feet , ’ he said in casual dismissal , opening his raincoat and reaching inside for a cigarette . |
| 17 | However , long before these disastrous developments , Vermuyden was wiping the mud of Hatfield off his boots and casting around for greener pastures . |
| 18 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |