Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 2 | If he 's not there , perhaps he went for a walk in the grounds ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 4 | So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared . |
| 5 | So he settled for a secure telephone call , indifferent to what that would do to Maxim 's reputation among the Defence Staff at the embassy . |
| 6 | Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change . |
| 7 | Once inside he groped for the sheets in his pocket . |
| 8 | Desperately he looked for a way up the river bank . |
| 9 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 10 | Time and again Lear tried to tempt Gould to visit him in Rome ; always he pleaded for a letter : ‘ I am anxious to hear from you … ; |
| 11 | Yesterday he smiled for the last time and said he did not wish to obstruct the work of Prime Minister Hans Modrow — who now constitutes , with a small group of associates from Dresden , the only remaining acceptable face of reform within the East German Communist Party . |
| 12 | Hours later he reached for the bedside table again . |
| 13 | Two days later he called for a purge of FIS ranks ; only those " who believed in the new era for the country and in others ' right of expression " should be retained . |
| 14 | A few days later he begged for the offices held by his father and complained that it would be a great disgrace to him if they were granted to anyone else . |
| 15 | Consider this example : PB = Child has tantrum whenever he asks for a sweet ( or something else ) and does not get it . |
| 16 | Hugo had no idea what to do : frantically he rang for the servants . |
| 17 | Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb . |
| 18 | There were things he consciously noticed about people which he brought to mind long after he had ceased to watch them , but now he noted for the first time that she had very small feet — they could have belonged to the oriental he had imagined her to be through the sun haze . |
| 19 | So now he worked for a taxi firm . |
| 20 | Fussily he searched for a safe place , finally leaning the contraption against the wall behind his chair before sitting down . |
| 21 | Well he did for the Wigan one . |
| 22 | DeVore who had arranged the deal whereby he worked for the Levers and yet had his own private laboratories . |
| 23 | Could n't he play for a club ? |
| 24 | Could n't he play for a club ? |
| 25 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
| 26 | True , his critics would rather he settled for an easier life . |
| 27 | Sometimes he longed for a posting just to see different surroundings . |
| 28 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 29 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 30 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |