Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell long stories like Patsy did , or wistful tales like Dekko Moore about the time he made harnesses for the Lords of the Soil somewhere down in Meath . |
| 2 | I was keen to stay close to Harvey while he made preparations for the dispatch of this agent , but Harvey left the flat before breakfast . |
| 3 | He plays darts for the local pub , and his wife Anne , has joined the Womens Institute . |
| 4 | He hugged Chrissie for a moment or two . |
| 5 | Next came Cooder 's first real involvement with film-work ; over the next two or three years he produced soundtracks for The Long Riders , Southern Comfort and The Border . |
| 6 | TODAY proved it by showing six women a picture of Clinton lookalike Bill Kay , who is on the books of modelling agency Susan Scott Lookalikes , and telling them he sold Hoovers for a living . |
| 7 | He rode winners for the stable managed by his brother Joseph in Bedford Cottage Yard at Newmarket , including Lord Lonsdale 's Pilgrimage , on which he won the One Thousand Guineas and Two Thousand Guineas in 1878 . |
| 8 | He so impressed Kolbe that when the great German chemist , A. W. von Hofmann , professor at the Royal College of Chemistry in London , visited Marburg in 1858 he recommended Griess for a position in Hofmann 's laboratory . |
| 9 | Warning that his reforms would cause business failures and unemployment , he announced plans for a scheme to put unemployed people to work on government construction projects for a minimum wage . |
| 10 | In November 1990 he announced plans for the creation of new Consultative Council of provincial representatives [ see p. 37873 ] . |
| 11 | He became Minister for the Arts in July 1990 and although he was in this post only a few months , he made a distinct mark . |
| 12 | In 1904 , he became candidate for the neighbouring borough of Kidderminster . |
| 13 | Already a common councilman for Queenhithe ( since 1711 ) and a well-known opponent of the great Whig financiers who dominated the City 's upper court , he became alderman for the Tory ward of Castle Baynard in 1722 and a leading City critic of Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 14 | He became MP for the Northern ( Oswestry ) division of Shropshire , 1906–29 . |
| 15 | His works were on a small scale until in 1823 he became engineer for the Difference Engine project of Charles Babbage [ q.v. ] , which gave him the opportunity to build highly accurate large machine tools for his workshop , the best known of which was his large planing machine , built in 1831 . |
| 16 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 17 | Instead he asked parliament for a temporary grant of special powers to deal with the aftermath of the insurrection . |
| 18 | He asked Stan for a job but he would n't give him one |
| 19 | He asked Sarah for the photo and he was doing his usual stuff , you know , hand on heart . |
| 20 | Still calm , he asked Schiphol for an emergency landing . |
| 21 | So besieged was he after his first round that he sought refuge for a while on the practice putting green . |
| 22 | His defects were that he lacked subtlety , was vehemently anti-communist to the point where any unrest or dissent might be regarded as a sign of communist activity , and that he lacked preparation for the tasks he faced . |
| 23 | He invited Lila for a night out on the town . |
| 24 | In 1575 , he built Almshouses for the poor at East Greenwich , the first of their kind founded by a Protestant at a cost of more than £2,700 , and in 1581 , he published another work on the Duties of Constables , Borsholders , Tythingmen and other law and Lay ministers of the Peace . |
| 25 | Nijinsky then went to Longchamp as a hot favourite for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , but there , under a less-than-brilliant ride from Piggott , he tasted defeat for the first time , beaten a head by Sassafras . |
| 26 | The very next year ( 1590 ) he provided music for the pastoral interludes of Tasso 's Aminta and two other pastorals which was in an ‘ altro modo di cantare che l'ordinario ’ , presumably some kind of recitative . |
| 27 | He provided portraits for the various colonial communities and dignitaries , and made pictorial ‘ views ’ and ethnic studies . |
| 28 | He has sympathy for the small scale dealers : ‘ They 've been brought up in an entrepreneurial country under Thatcher where they 've been taught to make money . |
| 29 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 30 | God is a planner and he has plans for the British Isles . |