Example sentences of "he [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he first came into the Hampshire team , Greenidge 's natural inclination was to attack every ball , and it was Richards more than anyone who taught him restraint , taught him to wait for the bad ball . |
| 2 | The society claims that there are ‘ cosmic masters ’ in the universe and that they have come ‘ to give priceless teachings to man to help him prepare for the New World and to bring a great millennium of peace ’ . |
| 3 | The ‘ plot ’ has him searching for the lost chord , which is about as banal as you can get , but the contributors look interesting George Harrison , Charlie Rich , Betty Wright , John Sebastian , Rufus Thomas and Billy Swan are among them . |
| 4 | Now I see him scramble for the fallen gun . |
| 5 | Among those who were reported to have declined to be considered was New York Governor Mario Cuomo , one of the party 's most charismatic figures , who had earlier resisted a powerful campaign to induce him to run for the presidential nomination . |
| 6 | I 've never known him go for the skinny boyish type before . ’ |
| 7 | Although she had come to dislike Dr McNab , believing him to have been indirectly responsible for her father 's death , she remained constantly at his side , helping him to care for the sick and wounded . |
| 8 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |
| 9 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
| 10 | It made him long for the open fields of the island , again . |
| 11 | He made for the central entrance to the choir under the organ and almost collided with Dhani , who giggled . |
| 12 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 13 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 14 | He plays for the Whitehaven Tennis Club and is involved in their purchase of new tennis courts . |
| 15 | RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament . |
| 16 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 17 | He recalled Blaney 's pallid and innocuous watercolours of the better-known beauty spots of Norfolk : Blakeney , St Peter Mancroft and the cathedral at Norwich , which he produced for the local shops . |
| 18 | But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first . |
| 19 | He has one rig in our room , another one in dad 's car and a third in the big truck he drives for the frozen meat company . |
| 20 | For three seasons he rode for the Scottish millionaire George Baird ( ‘ Mr Abington ’ ) , training and riding Busybody . |
| 21 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 22 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 23 | Her attacker got a 2 month suspended sentence ; the same as he got for the original theft . |
| 24 | He sought for the right word . |
| 25 | He sought for the right phrase . |
| 26 | He qualified for the light-middleweight semi-finals by beating Norway 's Ole Klemetsen . |
| 27 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 28 | When he came back , he tried for the Anglican priesthood and was rejected . ’ |
| 29 | He headed for the main building , and the area of the basement where secure matter could be despatched back home . |
| 30 | Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather . |