Example sentences of "he [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I was with him constantly for a whole year and in that time I never saw him with anyone , man or woman .
2 I 'd take him along for a veterinary verdict on these possibilities and take it from there .
3 Next day I took him outside for a long walk in the fresh air .
4 He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch .
5 But when the Cup ties came round , Chapman made another , more dramatic decision — he dropped Alex James , the man intended as the team 's dynamo , and sent him home for a complete rest .
6 The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week .
7 He has to compose around something , so his isolating ( once strident ) individualism sets him up for a Bowiesque plummet into British nationalism and a flirtation with racism with overtures to the Nazis .
8 It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run .
9 ‘ I hope they catch this cowardly thug and lock him up for a long time . ’
10 Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career .
11 I took him out for a boozy lunch , and in the end he admitted he 'd made the whole thing up .
12 Formatting to the rear of the Rallye , Legg established radio contact , and gently eased Anderson through a series of power adjustments and manoeuvres to make a practice approach at Cardiff before bringing him around for a successful , damage- and injury-free landing .
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