Example sentences of "of a man [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader will not , however , begrudge the author 's serendipity which , especially at election time , succeeded in extracting for him the following from Smollett 's Humphrey Clinker ( 1771 ) : I know nothing so abject as the behaviour of a man canvassing for a seat in Parliament . |
| 2 | A giant of a man made for Thiercelin , but tripped over a fallen comrade and crashed to the floor . |
| 3 | The brother of a man jailed for seven years in Baghdad has offered to keep him company , or even change places . |
| 4 | Then , with the air of a man asking for twenty cigarettes , he said , ‘ I need 10 or 15 grams of thallium . |
| 5 | Police have issued an artist 's impression of a man wanted for two attacks on women in Oxford . |