Example sentences of "he [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did n't like at all the er excuses he made for his wife . |
| 2 | He had broken more bones in his body riding horses that anyone she knew , yet he lived for his hunting . |
| 3 | He lived for his reunion with Elizabeth ; all that sustained him until then was the daily letter from his new wife waiting for him in his lodgings . |
| 4 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |
| 5 | But even then the East End of London could not have represented the rest of the country ; and even he plays for our pity , opening with a classic portrait of poverty and deprivation . |
| 6 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 7 | They say that until his death he cared for their mother , who 's disabled with polio . |
| 8 | For , proving that he cared for his family every bit as much as it had seemed , he said , ‘ Hello , Travis , come in . |
| 9 | As he is a very busy person he begs for your report to be in note form listing the public to be reached and the media you select . |
| 10 | HEARTLESS motorists ignored pleas for help from a driver as he fought for his life after being stung by a wasp . |
| 11 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 12 | He asked for her help in resisting attempts to ban the sale of fresh turkeys at Christmas . |
| 13 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 14 | Which was exactly why , of course , he had taken the trouble to come all this way to look into my eyes as he asked for my help . |
| 15 | But when he asked for his toast , a sister told him he would have to eat rolls and jam or go without . |
| 16 | That would be a severe handicap for a dancer , and while he was having it corrected he asked for his nose to be straightened too . |
| 17 | At 8.30 p.m. he asked for his lawyer . |
| 18 | The other thing is that he asked for his family . |
| 19 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 20 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 21 | What provision could he make for his family during his absence ? |
| 22 | When he did try to make some real contribution to society , it seemed that all he got for his trouble was The Prince was too sensitive , too intelligent , to play the part mapped out for him , the part that his courtiers were there to help maintain . |
| 23 | A grin of flashing white teeth was all he got for his trouble . |
| 24 | Why was he frightened for his life ? |
| 25 | When , in the 1590s , Essex failed to get the Attorneyship for Francis Bacon , he sought for his protege the vacant post of Solicitor . |
| 26 | He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week , he lives with his parents and pays a board of twenty pounds per week he 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty . |
| 27 | He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week . |
| 28 | He qualified for his colliery manager 's certificate in 1947 and is one of the longest-serving members of the Institute of Mining Engineers . |
| 29 | He lives for his Mamma , his famiglia , his money . |
| 30 | But out of hours he heads for his workshop and turns out wooden toys including trains , kiddie pushalong trolleys and nursery name plates . |