Example sentences of "and he [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he sent for the Bishop of Valencia , and took their vows and made them plight themselves each to the other according as the law directs . |
| 2 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
| 3 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 4 | And he pleaded for the public to write to Premier John Major to protest at the move . |
| 5 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 6 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 7 | But when he tried to stand a cry of pain escaped him and he reached for the wall of the stables for support . |
| 8 | His food came — they do n't mess about here and he reached for the salt . |
| 9 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
| 10 | Estonian President Lennart Meri said that the suspension contradicted earlier agreements , and he called for the issue to be discussed by the foreign ministers of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) at their forthcoming meeting in Sweden . |
| 11 | Speaking after a visit to the Soviet Union , he said that the state of the Chernobyl plant was " shocking " , and he called for the closure of the three reactors still operational [ see Chernobyl article in this issue ] . |
| 12 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 13 | He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief . |