Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of the Eugenics Education Society , the Clerical and Medical Committee of the BMA — where he campaigned for a stronger moral lead from the profession — and the National Council for Combating Venereal Disease , he moved freely between religious , political and scientific spheres . |
| 2 | He did no wilful damage but regarded himself as entitled to go where he wished for the purpose in his mind without regard to the rights of ownership and the alleged presence of man traps and spring guns . |
| 3 | He was rushed to the intensive care unit at Liverpool 's Alder Hey Hospital where he stayed for a week before being transferred to a rehabilitation ward . |
| 4 | Mr Bolona is equally welcome in financial circles in North America , where he worked for a time as a consultant on Latin American debt . |
| 5 | In 1837 he was apprenticed to his uncle James S. Stirling at Dundee foundry , where he worked for the next six years and where some locomotives were built for the Arbroath and Forfar Railway which influenced his own later designs . |
| 6 | In business for himself , first near St Paul 's , but by 1812 firmly established at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill ( where he remained for the rest of his career , apart from an enforced absence during the rebuilding of 1838–44 ) , Wilson became the determined champion of a free press — ‘ It is like the air we breathe ; if we have it not , we die . ’ |
| 7 | Although he qualified for a few regional events , in fact he was aiming much higher : he wanted a crack at the Open Championship . |
| 8 | It was fortunate that he was able to swim , although he wondered for a moment about the presence of large predators in the water . |
| 9 | Holland declined to stand for Norfolk in 1679 , although he voted for the exclusionists , and stood unsuccessfully in 1685 as a trimmer . |
| 10 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 11 | It was unfortunate that he returned for a short time but this was necessary in order for him to complete training prior to deploying on an operational tour . ’ |
| 12 | This is so with the statement that he hoped for a seat in the stalls for under £10 . |
| 13 | He told a Coombe Lodge conference that he hoped for a curtailment of the role of the CNAA , and that the polytechnics would be bound to have Charters in the long run . |
| 14 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 15 | The inference in his letter is that he speaks for the Council of the National Union of which he is chairman . |
| 16 | If a person goes to the town hall and says that he qualifies for a discount , the authority will need proof . |
| 17 | In spite of the headset that he wore for the flight , his ears were still ringing when he climbed down from the helicopter . |
| 18 | If the purpose of that is to transform attitudes to training , what effect will the lead handcuff clause that he proposes for the training contract have on attitudes to training ? |
| 19 | BRITAIN 'S loudest man revealed yesterday that he competed for the title after neighbours complained about his singing in the bath . |
| 20 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 21 | Although Nizan died physically on 23 May 1940 , there can be little doubt that he died for the first time , politically and to a large extent emotionally , that afternoon in late August 1939 when , standing on the harbour at Ajaccio , he read Aragon " s editorial in Ce Soir and was confronted by the bitter reality of Nazi-Soviet collaboration . |
| 22 | Not all the crew was impressed with the wild beauty however , although Dave Scadding , my number one really fell in love with Scotland , so much so that he applied for a transfer to Kirkwall on our return to Southampton . |
| 23 | Counsel will use deferential language in court , particularly in respect of a decision that he submits was mistaken ; the worse the error , the deeper will be the respect that he expresses for the judges he is criticising . |
| 24 | A fine example of Egyptian art of the 18th Dynasty , Carter himself thought this piece important and drew attention to it in the catalogue that he compiled for the Amherst sale . |
| 25 | Yet for all that he no longer believed the creed in which he had been raised : for all that he fought for a king against an upstart general , for the old order against the new , Karelius recognized that at heart he would always be one of Cromwell 's men . |
| 26 | It was in that terrible moment of loss that he noticed for the first time the eagle in the cage on the other side of his from where Minch 's cage was . |
| 27 | I suggest that he waits for the consultation paper and I think that he will then be reassured . |
| 28 | Philip Leapor told Freemantle that he worked for the Blencowe family for five years following his daughter 's birth . |
| 29 | I went to Anastasiya Pavlovna 's , introduced myself , and she said , ‘ I 've got some works by Chagall , some studies that he did for the Jewish Theatre and several other works as well ’ . |
| 30 | Among references to White in Aubrey 's letters , mentions of ‘ a rare medicine that he hath for the stone ’ ( 1689 ) and ‘ a good lusty vomit ’ ( 1694 ) offer some insight into the nature of his pharmaceutical practice . |