Example sentences of "[vb past] he [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 2 | She played him patiently for two days before she hooked him , and reeled him in . |
| 3 | And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match . |
| 4 | and cos he paid him twice for that , their sweets , and John was coming up , so , I do n't know if it was genuine , asked him and I cos I knew John was coming up |
| 5 | But his own doctor said he was not fit even for office work and signed him off for another six months because of ‘ obesity and hypertension ’ . |
| 6 | The American woman watched him intently for several minutes , a commotion of half-forgotten sensations stirring within her , but if he had noticed her presence he gave no sign . |
| 7 | Maura loved him just for those words . |
| 8 | A few weeks later the appointments committee asked him back for another interview ; only one other candidate remained on the shortlist . |
| 9 | This time the hospital kept him in for several weeks and his condition deteriorated until the Sunday morning the phone rang at 6.30 am and the words ‘ We think you should come to the hospital as soon as you can . ’ |
| 10 | But Reid 's fury was outweighed by his concern over Paul Lake , who was carried off after seven minutes with what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that kept him out for two years . |
| 11 | Angus Fraser is still feeling discomfort from the hip injury which kept him out for most of last season and may have to play in pain if he is to resume his first-class career . |
| 12 | Earlier this week , Salako had surgery in the US on the same knee which kept him out for most of last season and Palace are set to demand the FA pay his wages until he is fit again . |
| 13 | There 's one thing , best shot 's he played in that innings down at Hove and it was a short boundary , it was a good deal shorter , in fact this one we have here at Lord 's in this match , is a six over cover off good old Lester Piggott who was steaming downhill there at Hove all arms and legs and eased him over for six . |
| 14 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 15 | Then I put him away for two years . |
| 16 | He only had a little bit , but they put him away for three years . |
| 17 | But , perhaps most importantly , there was an end in sight and soon my mother — who nursed him heroically for most of the year , and on whom by far the heaviest load had fallen and would fall — once again took over from me . |
| 18 | It set him up for next year , I 'm sure . |