Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gives up a day job to write down the stories — of the Secret Mountain , the Sound that could be Seen , the Slow Children and the Magic Duvet — that he once told for free to a rabble of offspring and other kin and friends . |
| 2 | Just as he once battled for supreme fitness , he has poured his energy into learning to speak again . |
| 3 | He also called for existing club members to provide greater public access to their clubs . |
| 4 | He also called for urgent medical treatment and compensation for local residents , official estimates on the following day stating that the health of up to 120,000 people could have been endangered , principally by a beryllium oxide gas cloud which had settled over Ust Kamenogorsk for five hours after the accident ( beryllium contamination could cause disfunction of the lungs , liver , kidneys and central nervous system ) . |
| 5 | Surviving reports show that he also acted for other litigants during the same period , both in the Common Bench and in eyres . |
| 6 | And what if he never discovered for certain who had sent that letter ? |
| 7 | He occasionally went for lonely walks on the moors , and regularly visited his wife 's grave . |