Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 2 | Wyatt 's subsequent work was primarily as a country-house architect and ‘ improver ’ , although he competed unsuccessfully for a number of major public commissions and in 1816 published a Prospectus of a Design for Various Improvements in the Metropolis , in which he made radical proposals for replanning the West End . |
| 3 | Then in 1773–4 he made two designs for a bridge to cross the Severn in Stourport , Worcestershire , the first to be of timber with stone abutments and the second a single arch of brick but resting on a cast-iron centre . |
| 4 | He made several instruments for James I and Charles I , and clearly occupied a position equivalent to the later instrument-makers to the king . |
| 5 | On balance , Williams probably gained more than he lost from his attempt to bring — and keep — together the separate traditions of Marxism and British cultural criticism , though as Parrinder has shown in a sensitive discussion of Williams , he made needless difficulties for himself by abandoning the concept of literature . |
| 6 | Last Saturday he made another debut for Grove Steels in the Vaux Bluebell Over 40s League . |
| 7 | George helped the Palace to gain promotion from Division Four in his first season at Selhurst Park , during which he made full appearances for us , and he continued as a first-team regular under Dick Graham , to become one of only two men to appear in both the 1961 and 1964 promotion sides . |
| 8 | His chart of appearances shows that he made full appearances for two seasons after joining us and only a broken collar-bone prevented him from making an even more impressive contribution towards our promotion to Division One in 1969–70 . |
| 9 | He made accomplished paintings for some years thereafter , but his recent work , like Souza 's , disappoints . |
| 10 | If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers . |
| 11 | Returning through Bologna he passed various tests for membership of the Accademia Filarmonica and was awarded a diploma , the conditions of entry , stipulating that members must be over the age of 20 , having been waived on this occasion . |
| 12 | It was his fifth Test century of the year , and he passed 1,000 runs for the year in his eighth match . |
| 13 | Twenty nine thousand he reckons he sold that plot for . |
| 14 | Yes , yeah , he so he sold that house for |
| 15 | He displays immature behaviour for a boy of 14 . |
| 16 | He fought four times for his seat on Southampton council before winning it : a result that encouraged him to move into national politics . |
| 17 | He cooed total infatuation for the well-proportioned figure at the despatch box . |
| 18 | He recommended some training for hotel staff to be a bit more professional in their attitude . |
| 19 | He applied four times for permanent posts in Cambridge , but was each time unsuccessful ; it was feared that he would alarm and discourage his pupils , particularly the weaker sort . |
| 20 | In 1915 , in difficult wartime conditions , he became Liberal MP for Keighley . |
| 21 | Murphy began his career as an apprentice with Vincent O'Brien 's younger brother Phonsie before he became stable jockey for top Irish trainer Paddy Mullins . |
| 22 | In 1986 he became general manager for a private sector group 's residential and nursing homes and for the past year has been connected with the Bridge Hospital in Witham , involved with people with learning disabilities . |
| 23 | In 1829 he became resident engineer for the uncompleted Bolton and Leigh Railway and in 1830 resident engineer for the Liverpool section of the Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 24 | He got fifty pounds for writing that in as well . |
| 25 | He got two years for dreath death by reckless driving . |
| 26 | Telling me he got six points for a driving convic for er speeding conviction |
| 27 | They quashed the murder charge but he got ten years for intent to wound resulting in death , plus , of course , half as much again because there was a firearm involved . ‘ |
| 28 | An but the National Health for his er , he got medical treatment for himself , but there 's nothing for his family , or his children , they had to pay the Doctor . |
| 29 | Still not completely recovered , he got busy preparing for her return , The apartment next door was still being renovated . |
| 30 | He got three months for destroying the blanket . |