Example sentences of "he [vb past] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 2 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |
| 3 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 4 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 5 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 6 | One evening he asked for one with his coffee , which I gave him . |
| 7 | He asked for them to be clearly marked , packed in damp moss and sent to Lord Cornbury 's by Oxford Chapel , ‘ where I am to be around generally any morning before ten if you ever have time to call ’ . |
| 8 | So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it . |
| 9 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 10 | Throughout his life the author loved and drew inspiration from the whole region , from Smailholm to ‘ Scott 's View ’ above the river Tweed and the house he built for himself at Abbotsford . |
| 11 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 12 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |
| 13 | He appealed for anyone with information to contact him on . |
| 14 | He appealed for anyone with information about the attack , which happened on Saturday night , to contact South Bank CID on Middlesbrough 326326 . |
| 15 | George made his Football League debut for the Palace up at Bury — he equalised for us before the break , hit the bar soon after the interval and then set up Ben Bateman for the winner . |
| 16 | You know he paid for it to be |
| 17 | And he paid for it with his life ( 31:8 ) . |
| 18 | She passed on to our agent the name Raphael , though he paid for it with his life . |
| 19 | Shortly after this he paid for it by cheque and on request signed a statement that property in the van was not to pass to him until the cheque was cleared . |
| 20 | He was forced to sell his Thames-side mansion at Bray , Berkshire , for £1.5million — £700,000 less than he paid for it in 1988 . |
| 21 | The priest finally concludes that the sheepskin is properly his , as he paid for it in goods not services . |
| 22 | He stutters , but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out . |
| 23 | Pasternak was apparently impressed ; far lesser actors than Nicholson would eventually become began their careers by similar bravado , and he arranged for him to be tested . |
| 24 | He arranged for him to be released from his vows and work as a chaplain in Templecombe and the surrounding villages and hamlets . ’ |
| 25 | He arranged for it to be bound in silver and , to hide his embarrassment , had it inscribed Risum teneatis , amica — ‘ Restrain your laughter , friends ’ . |
| 26 | He arranged for it to be published within a year by the Cambridge University press , overcoming the scruples of the Vice-Chancellor , who objected to the passage |
| 27 | ‘ He worked for me during university holidays . ’ |
| 28 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Mr Tunney , ’ he gasped — mistaking me for someone else ? as he reached for me with a flailing hand . |
| 30 | He wondered if he should tell her how he hankered for nothing outside their life , of how his cup was full enough . |