Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noguchi tried in vain to construct an earthwork sculpture at a Japanese-American internment camp where he lived voluntarily for a time during World War II . |
| 2 | And he waxes portentously for a moment . |
| 3 | Oh , shut up Ryan , and then he sits there for a bit , and she goes , yeah well , you used to wear national health spectacles . |
| 4 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 5 | When he asked once for a volunteer bugler , a particularly blackguardly fellow stepped forward . |
| 6 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 7 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 8 | Not that he 'd ever for a moment think of … taking advantage , so to speak , of a young woman of loose morals like Mrs Heatherington-Scott . ’ |
| 9 | He was forced to abandon his original plan for an arched bridge of cast iron by the need for ships to be able to pass through the strait , and he opted instead for a suspension bridge 100 feet above water level and with a span of 579 feet . |
| 10 | I think he ca I think he came tonight for a game of cards that 's all he came |
| 11 | From the very first , he painted professionally for a living and achieved fame primarily for his paintings of Nelsonian and Roman events . |
| 12 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 13 | He glanced away for a moment , then his piercing gaze met and held hers . |
| 14 | He glanced away for a moment , his gaze seeming to drift beyond the window to the loch and the granite peak of Ben Lomond beyond . |
| 15 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |
| 16 | I thought he looked like he worked hard for a living — which he did . |
| 17 | He sulked then for a moment . |
| 18 | He called instead for a broader provision which would permit employers to adopt hiring practices which " serve legitimate employment goals " . |
| 19 | He chewed vigorously for a few seconds . |
| 20 | He chewed away for a few moments and then nodded with pleasure . |
| 21 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 22 | When he finished he went home for a rest . |
| 23 | The jibes of the kids at his scattered schools , which he attended sometimes for a token day or two to throw a sop to the government , struck him as neither here nor there . |
| 24 | He lay there for a moment , stunned , winded , waiting for a message from his numbed brain . |
| 25 | He lay there for a moment , getting his breath . |
| 26 | He lay there for a minute , beneath his tumbled bedclothes , savouring the excitement . |
| 27 | Cursing and gasping , he lay there for a full five minutes , the surprisingly intact fish by his side . |
| 28 | He lay there for a moment before rolling over and getting to his knees . |
| 29 | He lay there for a minute scratching at the pitiful amount of hair on his chest and then he came over . |
| 30 | Strikes by Doherty ‘ s National Union of Operative Spinners , and in the coal fields , greatly alarmed Peel , at the Home Office ; and , in what were to be the dying days of the Tory administration , he looked unsuccessfully for a legal answer to what he called ‘ the constitution and acts of a confederacy calculated in its immediate effects to disturb the peace of the manufacturing districts , and capable , if allowed to gain strength and consistency , of being converted at once into an open resistance to the law . ’ |