Example sentences of "as he [vb past] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A different sort of light flickered in the distance , and Doyle crouched down , squinting as he sought for shape and identity in the night . |
| 2 | Without a word he rolled off her , one arm raised to cover his eyes , chest heaving as he sought for control . |
| 3 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester station . |
| 4 | They spent those few days in Blackpool and she last saw him as he left for duty from Chester railway station . |
| 5 | Wilkes was escorted from the pitch by police after sending off teenage winger Barkus who lashed out after being felled as he went for goal . |
| 6 | In the early hours of February 16 last year Abram broke into her home through the bathroom window and when she disturbed him as he searched for money for drink and to have his hair cut he killed her , Mr Burke said . |
| 7 | IT all started with dad-of-three John Gallagher , a 29-year-old Catholic shot through the heart as he ran for cover in Armagh on August 14 , 1969 . |
| 8 | Water filled his mouth as he fought for air . |
| 9 | Her father was choking for breath , clutching his throat as he fought for air . |
| 10 | … screaming as he lurched from his bed , his hands groping for his throat , his chest heaving convulsively as he fought for air . |
| 11 | Harding was looking at him now all right , voice shaking as he fought for control : ‘ Firstly … |
| 12 | John Fleg 's chest heaved as he fought for breath . |
| 13 | It was always worst at night , as he waited for sleep to rescue him . |
| 14 | As he waited for night to fall , he saw no movement in the house of anyone who resembled his father . |
| 15 | As he waited for delivery , he started to mutter to himself in what sounded like a Gloucestershire accent . |
| 16 | First it looked as though Agassi would bolt through as he reached for stardom ; then Courier did it . |
| 17 | His wife sat with him for thirteen hours , and he clutched her hand as he struggled for life . |
| 18 | McCurbin died of asphyxiation from pressure applied to the neck , but the police who arrested him said that they thought he was faking as he struggled for life . |
| 19 | A quick shift of weight , and he angled the bike over the gravel edge , sliding broadside as he struggled for traction . |
| 20 | As he prepared for murder , he was doing so to the incongruous background of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 's rendering of The Battle Hymn of the Republic . |
| 21 | He was the first and only candidate to call the rightful name of the Palestinian people ; he said the words , the Palestinians , as he called for self-determination and statehood for these beleaguered , taboo human beings . |
| 22 | At the last minute he pushed Liessa aside , and felt the wild pain of the flame on his arm as he dived for safety . |
| 23 | Even as he shouted for attention , Jesus had picked a target star and was tracking its apparent movement around the Lift . |
| 24 | So when a chaplain goes to war as he did for example in the Falklands , he goes with his men erm and he 's erm not armed at all . |
| 25 | He then uses much the same repertory of colours and patterns and fin displays as he did for aggression , but in a female these trigger a series of different responses that eventually culminates in the laying of eggs . |
| 26 | Peter Gallagher , a 44-year-old Catholic , was killed as he arrived for work at the West Link Enterprise Centre off the Grosvenor Road . |
| 27 | As he dressed for dinner in his room , Dorian remembered what he had seen and cold fear ran through him like a knife . |