Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you going to tell me that he holds his castle for the Empress and wo n't take you back ? ’ |
| 2 | In this poem he thanks his benefactor for obtaining his release after ‘ Well nigh sev'n years ’ of captivity : |
| 3 | He says its devestating for the driver . |
| 4 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 5 | He uses his talent for accenting throwaway lines and for pathos , as well as his sense of comedy , especially in the drunken farewell when he drowns a beautiful old Rolls-Royce in the Baron 's swimming pool . ’ |
| 6 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 7 | Even though the hon. Gentleman occasionally speaks with forked tongue — and , as we shall see later , his views are not shared by his Front-Bench colleague , the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) — I welcome the fact that he proclaims his support for the TECs . |
| 8 | Having divined the source of his miseries , the bewitched victim reports to the chief 's court , where he submits his accusation for verification by the chief 's own oracle . |
| 9 | I hope he scores a try and if he keeps his place for the Five Nations at my expense , good luck to him . ’ |
| 10 | Is a defendant who fails even to consider that a woman might not be consenting still to be acquitted if he takes her consent for granted ? |
| 11 | He takes their word for this . |
| 12 | In the same letter he mentions his fondness for Dickens ' Sydney Carton , and for Kent in King Lear . |
| 13 | ‘ He deserves our support for that . ’ |
| 14 | He deserves his reputation for radicalism — he has the softness of a cerebral bop guitarist like Jim Hall but coupled with the sudden fire of Jimmy Hendrix . |
| 15 | His death is a sin offering , he gives his life for us , he dies for us , but , as far as I can tell , the New Testament never answers this question : To whom is the sin offering given ? |
| 16 | However , he couches his explanation for these differences not simply at the level of what actual language users ‘ mean ’ , that is in relation to particular cultural practice and institutions ( within which the concept of ‘ relative objectivity ’ might make some sense ) , but instead at the level of what they ‘ say ’ , that is in relation to ‘ the lexical and grammatical structure of languages ’ , at the level of ‘ language-systems ’ , which appears to assume again the notion of absolute ‘ objectivity ’ , since , as we have seen , it offers no cultural context in which to make sense of such systems . |
| 17 | He collects our post for us about half three and we all bring cups of tea and all sorts . |
| 18 | It is as if , while in the presence of a dead man , the poet is reverent and sad , but once out of his presence he vents his anger for his dead friend on nature . |
| 19 | Although he accepts his father 's command , he delays his departure for one last meeting which Emilia , his accomplice , arranges with the reluctant Terentia . |
| 20 | After we 've signed the visitors ' book , he reproaches my husband for picking up his bag : ‘ We have a bag-carrying service . ’ |
| 21 | PAUL GASCOIGNE will be joined by his Lazio team doctor if , as expected , he makes his comeback for England against Spain in Santander on September 9 . |
| 22 | But he claims his request for details of the regulations was refused on the ground that they are ‘ very severe ’ and that Cameron Balloons would find it impossible to meet them . |