Example sentences of "he [vb -s] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plays for Western Suburbs against Newcastle in Sunday 's Winfield Cup play-offs . |
| 2 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |
| 3 | Neil , Neil now says , that when he meets a girl , he , he waits to see if she 's got any characteristics in common with the dreadful Vicky , the girl that he eventually fetch her much deserved slosh on the chops and was pulled into Ipswich Magistrates Court , you know , oh I should n't laugh , but erm , he says he looks for those characteristics , and the moment he sees that the girl is going to be this sort of neurotic , excitable , hysterical creature he walks away . |
| 4 | Sonny has a number of different slides he uses for different occasions . |
| 5 | Although he allows for many areas of uncertainty in the study of catharsis , Scheff nevertheless accepts the universality of the need to handle destructive emotions , and proposes that ritual , as a cathartic experience , be reinstated in the West as ‘ a dramatic form for coping with universal distress ’ ( 1979 : 114 ) . |
| 6 | This is part of what makes his eventual faith in God ( which he reaches for other reasons ) a radical reliance on God alone . |
| 7 | He votes for certain policies , and — save in presidential systems — for a government ; a serious one , not a bunch of clowns . |
| 8 | From which he accounts for 2 pipes of wine bought at Canterbury from Preston , 1 pipe at London , 1 tun at Canterbury by J. Boteler , 3 tuns at Sandwicum , 1 other tun at Canterbury and for the carriage of the same , £41 12s.2d . |
| 9 | Dr Fitzhugh admits that the prices he pays for commissioned prices are well below market value ; but few artists turn down the opportunity for such excellent exposure . |
| 10 | One is a rickshaw , which he hires for four rupees a day . |
| 11 | Philip will not base his television show on Paul Daniels , whom he dislikes for intimidating members of the audience chosen for tricks . |
| 12 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 13 | He works for Ace Airways . |