Example sentences of "he [adv prt] for an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’
2 So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door .
3 The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph .
4 Two o'clock and I always used to leave work and take him out for an hour .
5 But he 's even becoming a complete , in the holidays when I 've got the housework to do and meals to cook , and him to look after if there 's another pair of hands that can take him out for an hour
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