Example sentences of "he [verb] for [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd finished school and was trying to decide between art college to become a painter and university to be a poet ; his family wanted him to train for accountancy but he was n't having any of that . |
| 2 | ’ I said , keeping up with him stride for stride as he continued on towards the bus stop . |
| 3 | Thereafter he lived for society and gossip , projecting a ‘ History of his Times ’ , the materials of which were to be his long , delightfully observant letters to his favourite stepdaughter , Elizabeth Ord . |
| 4 | Soon he asked for payment and William complied . |
| 5 | Although Kirk does not record that he raised any specific objection to this , or that he asked for confirmation that the Cossacks were all Soviet nationals within the terms of allied policy , he nevertheless includes the exchanges about the Cossacks among the points on which he requests the State Department 's views . |
| 6 | He asked for coffee and fresh cake . |
| 7 | A different sort of light flickered in the distance , and Doyle crouched down , squinting as he sought for shape and identity in the night . |
| 8 | The papers which he receives for council and committee work are often confidential and he should not disclose the contents of those papers to outsiders . |
| 9 | Born in a Preston slum , and upbraided as ‘ a worldly little devil ’ by his harridan mother because he longs for food and warmth , his acute fear of being thought worldly dominates his subsequent life , causing him to be misunderstood and exploited . |
| 10 | ‘ He lives for football and all his mates from his team are in there with him . |
| 11 | ‘ He bats for average and for power , ’ Stewart said . |
| 12 | He was being waltzed around by his captives and he bellowed for help but his colleagues had their own problems . |
| 13 | He quotes Gamgee : ‘ He toiled for lucre and not for the advancement of veterinary science ’ . |
| 14 | During the first World War Hamilton served with the Coldstream Guards ( he stood just on 6ft ) and he spent the latter part of his service at Caterham Barracks from where he signed for Palace when he was ‘ demobbed ’ in December 1922 . |
| 15 | He trawls for advice and information from dozens of people , who find themselves invited to Kensington Palace quite out of the blue . |
| 16 | In speeches delivered by him during a four-day visit to Catalonia in January , he called for unity and solidarity ; yet , at the same time , he himself kept the in-fighting going by distancing himself from Serrano while cultivating Arrese . |
| 17 | PC Gaskell was almost lost for words — but he called for assistance and the entertainer finally got his way . |
| 18 | He was the first and only candidate to call the rightful name of the Palestinian people ; he said the words , the Palestinians , as he called for self-determination and statehood for these beleaguered , taboo human beings . |
| 19 | I shut him up in my cellar with all he needed for painting and a bottle of cognac , and my maid , who was a very pretty girl , served as his model . |
| 20 | A bottle of what he took for whisky and four of beer . |
| 21 | He whooped for joy as he left the phone cubicle . |
| 22 | He reached for Pie and took him by the throat . |
| 23 | It was to the Carlton as well as the Whip 's Office that Robert Sanders went to hear the news and discuss political events , and it was to the Carlton too that he went for recreation when the business of the House was too tedious to be borne any longer . |
| 24 | The piece is very closely related to the other two pieces that he did for flute and clarinet . |
| 25 | Ron said he spoke for Don when he told Luke that he was a great admirer of his material . |
| 26 | He gasped for breath but managed to finish a scathing indictment that was n't as effective as he might have wished . |
| 27 | You give me anyone 's phone line and mail for a month and I 'll tell you exactly who he is , how old he is , his likes and dislikes , his character , his worries , what he had for breakfast and supper , what time he wakes up . |
| 28 | He paused for breath as he reached the landing , then continued . |
| 29 | He paused for breath and looked at us . |
| 30 | He paused for breath and regarded them expectantly . |