Example sentences of "he [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was at his most sincere when he argued for the South and defended it ferociously against the feebleness of Yankee and British snobberies and prejudice . |
| 32 | This article was followed by a reply from BC 's finance director , in which he argued for the appropriateness of the Board 's accounting policies . |
| 33 | It smashed into his ribs , forcing his mouth open again , more soup choking into his lungs , his eyes gummed with it as he fought for the surface . |
| 34 | He fought for the introduction of a free press , the right of everyone to travel freely , a sound convertible currency and the right to existence of a Polish opposition . |
| 35 | When the appellant received notice of the order , he applied for the order to be set aside on the grounds that he had no notice of the proceedings and had nothing to do with it . |
| 36 | In 1959 he applied for the headship of another minor public school , which had the disadvantage of being in Northumberland . |
| 37 | The offer coincided with a move to separate the Cheltenham Schools of Architecture and Art , with which he disagreed , so he applied for the post and succeeded despite his now apparent and debilitating illness . |
| 38 | The company said standard vetting procedures were followed , which did not reveal any adverse information about him when he applied for the post . |
| 39 | He applied for the job at Hoggatt 's , of course , and was runner-up to Howarth . " |
| 40 | Among his patrons was Lord Conway , a wealthy Irish peer whose agent he became for the purchase of rare books in London . |
| 41 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 42 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 43 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 44 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 45 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 46 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 47 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 48 | Newcastle clearly had n't heard of Sunderland , so he asked for the Wearside number . |
| 49 | Only one contestant appeared and at the end of the prescribed waiting period , the hour of nine he asked for the non-appearance of his adversary to be legally recorded . |
| 50 | ‘ How does it work ? , ’ he asked for the sake of British tabloid papers . |
| 51 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 52 | In a Northern Ireland accent he asked for the manager 's office . |
| 53 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 54 | His future career then seemed uncertain : he qualified for the bar at the Inner Temple , ran a hostel for disadvantaged boys , Edghill House , Sydenham ( 1913–15 ) , and then began schoolmastering at Strand School , Brixton . |
| 55 | A highly publicised press conference launched his return match with the man he defeated for the world title in 1972 , Boris Spassky . |
| 56 | During World War I he was political agent with the Waziristan Frontier Force , and also held a temporary commission in the RAF as a pilot ( 1918 ) , an experience which evidently instilled an enthusiasm for flying which he retained for the rest of his life . |
| 57 | His churches showed an equally acute awareness of changing fashions : the neo-perpendicular of his fan-vaulted church of St John , Edinburgh ( 1818 ) , which challenged comparison with anything in England at that date , was superseded by the elegant Early English and neo-Norman of the numerous churches he built for the Duke of Buccleuch in the 1830s , and in 1843 by the mid-Decorated of his St Mary 's , Dundee , in which he reproduced in a much richer form the arcades and clerestory of the burned-down medieval church instead of building the usual preaching box desired by presbyterian divines at that time . |
| 58 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , sick , so he phoned for the doctor , quick , quick , quick you sing it |
| 59 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , so he phoned for the doctor be quick , quick |
| 60 | Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick , sick so he phoned for the doctor to be quick , quick , he phoned for the doctor to be quick |