Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without showing any sign of emotion he stood for a while at the head of the bier . |
| 2 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 3 | On the advice of Lyell and Hooker he arranged for an account of his own theory to be published alongside Wallace 's paper by the Linnean Society of London . |
| 4 | By the advice of his college he competed for a college research Fellowship , known as the Charles Kingsley Bye-Fellowship . |
| 5 | One of the simplest and most elegant demonstrations of this was by Peter Lawrence , as part of the work he did for a Ph.D at Cambridge . |
| 6 | Once when Guntram was out hunting he paused for a rest , and while he was sleeping a dragon climbed out of his mouth , crossed a neighbouring stream , vanished , returned and climbed back . |
| 7 | Like a man stepping out of a dream he woke for a moment . |
| 8 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 9 | In the hallway he called for a cab for her , going to Islington . |
| 10 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 11 | The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains . |
| 12 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 13 | Last night he played for a hand-picked team of personal friends against the national side after recent appearances to help out injury-hit Bayern Munich . |
| 14 | As he stepped back into the circle of dimming green light issuing from the door of the transmat booth he looked for a moment like some bizarre demon that Francis had summoned . |
| 15 | In the evenings he refused to talk — this was a vow of silence — and once a week he fasted for a day . |
| 16 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 17 | The Scot forged into a 6-5 lead after eight ends of the opening set but Allcock grabbed the double he needed for a 7-6 win , before quickly putting the second out of Muir 's reach . |
| 18 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 19 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |
| 20 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 21 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 22 | Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre . |
| 23 | Prior to his appointment as head of the Delphi Centre he taught for a number of years in an Observation and Assessment Centre . |
| 24 | It is selected from the pages of the BDN , to which he was a frequent contributor and on whose editorial board he served for a long period : A combined system is one which includes all useful methods and techniques and adapts them and uses them according to the particular needs of the child . |
| 25 | Eastwood 's superb kicking was the vital difference between the sides , although he had little chance of grabbing the try he needed for a career total of 100 as Hull took a winning route up the middle of the field . |
| 26 | She said Judge Allen should have made an example of Clarke and she criticised an earlier sentence he received for a 1983 drink driving offence — a £150 fine and 18-month ban . |
| 27 | In the Critique of Pure Reason he called for a ‘ Copernican revolution ’ in our ideas about knowledge . |
| 28 | On arrival he applied for a passport , but neither the French , the Austrian or the Prussian embassies were willing to provide one and he was ultimately obliged to travel disguised , on a Swiss passport . |
| 29 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 30 | Tension between Iraq and Kuwait came to the world 's attention in mid-July when Saddam Hussein launched a fierce attack on the policy of those Gulf states , principally Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , whose over-production of oil he blamed for a corresponding slump in world oil prices . |