Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He joins the company from Gibson , Dunn and Crutcher , where he practised law for 15 years . |
| 2 | But he stayed on the move and following a scholarship from the Paderewski Foundation travelled to India , where he got food poisoning , Peru , where he taught art for two years , and Morocco where he met his first wife . |
| 3 | He did , however , attend Colchester General Hospital , where he received treatment for shock . |
| 4 | He concluded that he shared responsibility for hiring Sutton . |
| 5 | My Lords erm I was deeply appreciative of er the my Noble Friend , Lord Boyd-Carpenter insofar as he said that he felt sympathy for me . |
| 6 | It was n't that he felt pity for them ; far from it — their passivity revolted him . |
| 7 | His defects were that he lacked subtlety , was vehemently anti-communist to the point where any unrest or dissent might be regarded as a sign of communist activity , and that he lacked preparation for the tasks he faced . |
| 8 | Buckland admits that he feels sympathy for users caught in the cross fire but says ‘ in defence of IBM , it was not us who diverged from the strategy that was laid down ’ and that those who stick with LAN Server will have a guaranteed migration path towards a DCE/DME-based system . |
| 9 | So besieged was he after his first round that he sought refuge for a while on the practice putting green . |
| 10 | It was alleged that he received payment for two years advertising , but only one year 's space was booked . |
| 11 | He assumes that becoming rich has made him a better man and that he deserves admiration for it . |
| 12 | In the end it seemed to be more or less common ground that the judge did not formally state his reasons when he made his order , although in the course of argument he had indicated that he had sympathy for the debtor 's argument based on section 69 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . |
| 13 | Charles persuaded a rather grudging Miles that he had time for a quick bath before they left . |
| 14 | A commonly held view is that he delayed withdrawal for political reasons , until after the presidential elections of December 1965 . |
| 15 | It was said by his acquaintances in the pub that he gave value for money , but there was a touch of genius in the way he talked that night . |
| 16 | I seem to recall that the hon. Gentleman was one of those who until recently persistently argued that standards in our schools were not falling and that he resisted pressure for changes in teaching methods and other ideas designed to correct the fall . |
| 17 | Another excuse was that he needed liquidity for a property deal or something of the sort , so a complete sell out would be necessary within the next month or so , albeit with the least possible losses . |
| 18 | The Profitboss makes sure that he finds time for them all , never espousing twelve-hour working days as a routine . |
| 19 | It has very little that anyone covets , so the Hashemite Kingdom has no choice but to woo the traveller ; to see that he has ice for his drinks , a soft bed , a flushing loo and a dash of Bedouin mystique to add zest to his package-deal . |
| 20 | The teacher who finds , for instance , that a child has difficulty in including himself in a ‘ family count up ’ , may make sure that he has opportunity for counting the members of many different groups of which he is a part , on other occasions . |
| 21 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 22 | Some birds and animals come via the RSPCA and he receives funding for these ; but he himself pays for the care of injured wildlife brought in by the public . |
| 23 | He was standing on top of one of the crush barriers by the look of it and when the goal went in he either jumped or the surge forward did the job for him and he defied gravity for a while . |
| 24 | And he had a banana split for pudding and he had soup for starters , right ? |
| 25 | He was quite harmless , and he had time for them . |
| 26 | His farm lies next to Burnfoot and he fears approval for further planting there will start a domino effect throughout the valley . |
| 27 | Aha and he done caretaker for years |
| 28 | Men , men , mentioned here by our friend , that Leicestershire has got no business to discuss about fox hunting , we are not elusive , there are other county councils who have banned fox hunting on their land , so do not make this as a sacrosanct and or something that Leicestershire are doing , they are not doing first , there are so many other county councils in this country and for your information , I was listening to radio four few days ago , even in Pakistan , a third world country , is banning hunting in their country , we should be ashamed of ourselves here to discuss , I agree with Councillor when the discussion start and he said move for the ward , because the logical thing was to move for the wards rather than discuss , if we all believe that this is horrible , acrimonious and abhorrent in today 's day and age , as the slavery was abhorred two hundred years ago . |
| 29 | And he said aim for that A. |
| 30 | Mike must be able to finish his work and he needs help for that . |