Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] he [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 2 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 3 | The plans will be delayed in the short term while he waits for his ban to end . |
| 4 | Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire . |
| 5 | The three of them stayed just inside the fence while he went for it . |
| 6 | The man hesitated , his eyes flicking nervously from side to side as he waited for the magic . |
| 7 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
| 8 | But Horsley put these thoughts to the back of his mind as he headed for the party at Caxton House , determined to enter into the spirit of things . |
| 9 | Halfway round the ring when he asked for little more collection she offered no resistance and they moved as one into an easy working trot rising . |
| 10 | The other two were — ’ he looked up at the roof as he struggled for the word ‘ — how you say , scared of him ? |
| 11 | Christopher Horn , 45 , of Hurworth Moor , near Darlington , sparked a police search when he vanished for several days in August . |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday 's John Harkes is one of five players with European clubs wanted by United States coach Bora Milutinovic as he prepares for the friendly match against Ireland in Dublin on April 29 . |
| 13 | A quick shift of weight , and he angled the bike over the gravel edge , sliding broadside as he struggled for traction . |
| 14 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 15 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 16 | She watched in disappointment as he reached for his clothes . |
| 17 | Ironically , it was McFadden 's Cliftonville team-mate — the virtually-unknown Chris Cullen — who showed no such hesitancy when he signed for Linfield towards the end of the 1991-92 season . |
| 18 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 19 | Water filled his mouth as he fought for air . |
| 20 | I rang Seddon at home before he left for New Scotland Yard and asked him to find out for me the names of the officers who had dealt with the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 21 | I shall telephone him at home before he leaves for work in the morning . |
| 22 | I track him down to the University of Saskatchewan and just catch him at home before he leaves for work . |
| 23 | ANDY KIWOMYA , brother of Ipswich striker Chris , ended an agonising six-year battle when he signed for Dundee yesterday . |
| 24 | The next day however , on his next tour of duty he met the foreman platelayer when he arrived for work . |
| 25 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 26 | Ryder Cup star Paul Broadhurst was in confident mood as he prepared for the Mitsubishi Austrian Open , starting in Salzburg today . |
| 27 | He screamed and almost lost his footing as he made for the stairs . |
| 28 | He grinned , baring rabbit teeth stained brown , his eyes crinkling with laughter as he reached for the drink Nils had just poured him . |
| 29 | The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar , and , additionally , he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . |
| 30 | But of course if he worked for Raleigh where they 've got a vast labour force a vast pay as you earn scheme then any income would be taxed by Raleigh as a subsidiary source so there would be another code number there , they would actually be collecting tax at two sources , but they would still need to allocate allowances , it may well be that , at Raleigh for example , they 've covered that by allowances in which case they pull back five hundred pounds there to collect . |