Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1182 , he asked formally for pardon , prostrating himself before Barbarossa . |
| 2 | When the Golden Fish offered this man a reward he asked only for bread , which the creature promptly provided . |
| 3 | He staggered inside for help , but although staff and later ambulancemen fought to save him , he died later . |
| 4 | The next year , he raced again for Lotus , only the Lotus was a less good Lotus , the Ferrari was a lot better car , his team-mate Carlos Reutemann finished consistently ahead of him and some of the smiles had gone out of Mario . |
| 5 | He finished early for Christmas . |
| 6 | He worked doggedly for beauty , sonority , exactness ; perfection — but never the monogrammed perfection of a writer like Wilde . |
| 7 | Three weeks ago he went home for weekend leave . |
| 8 | Then he went home for dinner . |
| 9 | One thing that made John happy when he went home for Christmas 1944 and the New Year was the presence in Johannesburg of his father 's new friend , Phyllis Hirsch . |
| 10 | Consequently , if Elphege died for justice , even only in refusing to pay money demanded by Viking invaders , he died also for truth . |
| 11 | He waited anxiously for Topaz 's arrival , bored when she was n't there . |
| 12 | Huddling by the fire he waited impatiently for daylight and his relief . |
| 13 | He waited impatiently for news of Surere 's capture . |
| 14 | He therefore tells us how he waited impatiently for transport home , the day before his Christmas holidays . |
| 15 | He wanted only for the light to be put out , he waited only for darkness and sleep . |
| 16 | To travel out to foreign countries without having first made himself acquainted with what remarkable things there are to be found at home , he held neither for wisdom or usefulness . |