Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun prp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the meeting he said to one of the local people that it was very unlike the Last Conference in 1913 when he attacked L.G. for 45 minutes amid great applause . |
| 2 | He captained Surrey for five seasons from 1952 to 1956 , winning the County Championship in each — a record . |
| 3 | Aunshuman Gaekwad , 39 , who played in 40 Tests for India between 1974–75 and 1948–85 , has retired after a 24-year career during which he captained Baroda for 18 consecutive seasons . |
| 4 | He blames Thompson for this . |
| 5 | Promising to be loyal in future , he begged Charles for another chance to " deliver " Pippin . |
| 6 | He served Luton for 45 years as player , captain , acting manager , director , chairman and president . |
| 7 | He served Luton for 45 years as player , captain , acting manager , director , chairman and president . |
| 8 | The judge did not regard the case as one at the higher end of the culpable homicide scale but a human life had been taken and he jailed Sutherland for five years . |
| 9 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
| 10 | McGibbon got the A levels needed for a place at University before he left Portadown for Old Trafford last summer . |
| 11 | Indeed , when the rave scene threatened to swamp it , he closed Shoom for good . |
| 12 | So great had his concentration been on finishing the maps that Green had had little time to do anything else in those difficult years excepting for a brief visit to Buttermere in 1791 , and in 1793 he went to Wales and the Lake District with his stalwart helper Thornton ; but in 1794 he revisited Cumberland for twelve weeks two of which were devoted to Buttermere . |