Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] he [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some ask him to pose for pictures , others kid him about retiring . |
| 2 | This entitled him to search for and sell ‘ natural gas , petroleum , asphalt and ozokerite ’ throughout all of Persia except in the five northern provinces adjoining Russia . |
| 3 | How much did he pay for his ? |
| 4 | Three , five , nine , five how much did he say for you saw it ? |
| 5 | " How much does he want for it ? " |
| 6 | A laborious internal review of the Long-Term Costing is undertaken to whittle down the gap , and to highlight vulnerable programmes so that the Secretary of State can be given the strongest possible brief to help him fight for a higher allocation of resources ; and conversely to enable him to fend off attacks by other high-spending ministers , who are intent on grabbing a larger share for themselves , often at the expense of Defence . |
| 7 | The injury is likely to keep him sidelined for two months . |
| 8 | However , 1946 saw him competing for the gloves with Paul Gibb and the veteran Arthur Wood . |
| 9 | How many has he got for West Ham already ? |
| 10 | Khruschev 's half-hearted attempt to oust Dej in 1957 encouraged him to look for allies to counter Soviet influence . |
| 11 | There seemed little left in the match except the question of whether Wright would get the 36 runs he needed for 5000 in Tests , in what was rumoured to be his last appearance . |
| 12 | ‘ I first watched him playing for Derby reserves and he looked ungainly . |
| 13 | he 's got enough to keep him going for now . |
| 14 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 15 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
| 16 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |