Example sentences of "for [pron] he [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those for whom he had the greatest contempt — a band of counterfeits — emerged from the Paris Conservatoire and were fils de papa . |
| 2 | Mozart had become acquainted with the choirmaster there , Anton Stoll , for whom he wrote the exquisite motet Ave verum corpus . |
| 3 | Serious negotiations for James 's return began only after the deaths of Albany and of Henry V of England , and after he had married the Duke of Somerset 's daughter , Joan Beaufort , for whom he wrote the moving love poem King 's Quair . |
| 4 | But Anselm may have shared their disappointment : the tasks for which he felt the full weight of personal responsibility were very harassing , and his success in performing them was open to serious doubt . |
| 5 | They had four sons , the eldest of whom , Captain W. R. Colbeck , RNR , was surveyor with the British , Australian , and New Zealand Antarctic research expedition of 1929–31 , for which he received the Polar medal ; Sir Douglas Mawson [ q.v. ] named the Colbeck Archipelago after him . |
| 6 | Using Welsh lamb he created an eye-catching display in a domed circular cabinet for which he received the Three Countries Gold Medal and a cheque for £500 . |
| 7 | Phil Gelderd praised the list in glowing terms before going to his first Leeds game for years — sadly for him he picked the recent one against Norwich . |