Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've got to be kidding ! ’ yelped Margaret Lenham , as much astonished as afraid at the sight of what he planned to use for the operation : a knitting needle . |
| 2 | He failed to allow for the fact that Lucasta Redburn could not bear to throw away anything that might one day come in useful . |
| 3 | He tried to relax for the first time . |
| 4 | He was sitting just a matter of inches away , when he moved to reach for a coffee-cup she caught the smell of freshly washed hair , and her fingers itched with the memory of tangling themselves in those jet-black waves . |
| 5 | Every time he has to wait for a question , he claims victory . |
| 6 | He has to leave for an important luncheon party in a few minutes . ’ |
| 7 | Dr Mowlam said Jeffrey 's asthma and eczema were getting worse as a result of the stress and worry about the money he has to pay for the medication . |
| 8 | At a corner he stopped to wait for a break in the traffic . |
| 9 | William Joyce did the same , without such assistance , and entered his name for Battersea Polytechnic , where he proposed to study for the intermediate examination of the London University BSc degree . |
| 10 | Since when do you ask Brian if he wants to go for a walk ? |
| 11 | with old age , he wants to go for a walk you 've been walkies today ? |
| 12 | Soon after the Second World War , in which he worked with ENSA ( or ‘ Every-Night-Something-Awful ’ , as he called it ) , he came to work for the music publishing firm of R. Smith and Co Ltd and served as editor of British Bandsman ( the brass band world 's leading newspaper since 1887 ) for 15 years . |
| 13 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 14 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 15 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 16 | Shaking his head sadly at the stark scene he turned to head for the Zoo 's exit . |
| 17 | Etheridge , English-born with Irish parentage , replaces Neil Francis , who withdrew last week because of business commitments , and he intends to play for the Irish Exiles side in their provincial championship debut next season . |
| 18 | He happened to work for the same paper which stitched Botham up some eight years ago . |
| 19 | He began to reach for the handle with a gloved hand and then pulled nervously back , remembering what had happened to Frye . |
| 20 | Leaning back , he began to reach for the packet of cigars , then made a wry face and changed his mind . |
| 21 | As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway . |
| 22 | In 1828 he began to write for the fledgling Record newspaper and subsequently became its chief proprietor and the dominant influence on editorial policy for half a century . |
| 23 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 24 | Neither the Bodleian nor the British Museum , however , would offer him a place , and in 1889 he began to read for the bar . |
| 25 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 26 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 27 | He began to look for a job . |
| 28 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 29 | A ‘ Coronation ’ tram , No 1174 , swayed into view and he began to run for the stop . |
| 30 | I could see his jeans , shirts , jerseys , everything he needed to wear for the next two days , neatly folded in a drawer in Edinburgh . |