Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 2 | Sir Alf Ramsey included David as substitute in his England Under 23 side against Wales at Swansea on l November 1967 , but Palace fans of the period will contend that David was worthy of further honours He eventually left us for orient in August 1973 ; his departure was regretted by the fans , who had always held this likeable young man in immense respect and affection . |
| 3 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
| 4 | He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts ; he 'd been taught to shun physical contact , even on a platonic level . |
| 5 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 6 | Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time . |
| 7 | He only married her for her money too . |
| 8 | Not bathing for two days was no great inconvenience when he only had himself for company ; not shaving suited him fine when there was no woman to complain of beard burns . |
| 9 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
| 10 | Her eyes could not have bulged further if Werewolf had told her he only wanted her for her mind . |
| 11 | And if her head warned her that he only wanted her for sex , her heart ignored the warning and opened itself joyfully to his tender passion . |
| 12 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 13 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 14 | When he only bought them for three X ? |
| 15 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 16 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 17 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 18 | He just takes it for granted that it always looks like this . |
| 19 | But he was saying you see , what 's happened is the they is n't his he just delivers them for the bloke |
| 20 | So he just kicked himself for not having made the obvious connection . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He just uses it for storage . ’ |
| 22 | ( When he finally left us for the United States , he took these gifts back from me , with the excuse that as he had bought them in Berlin he wanted to show them to the dancer . |
| 23 | And I do n't think he ever forgave me for it you know . |
| 24 | Deep down , he still blamed her for taking his mammy from him . |
| 25 | He himself does nothing wrong yet he still punishes himself for other 's wrong doings . |
| 26 | He further criticised him for using information from a confidential social work report to discredit a witness . |
| 27 | You know he always wore it for gardening . |
| 28 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 29 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 30 | " He usually asks me for my criticism , " she said to one interviewer . |