Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 Sir Alf Ramsey included David as substitute in his England Under 23 side against Wales at Swansea on l November 1967 , but Palace fans of the period will contend that David was worthy of further honours He eventually left us for orient in August 1973 ; his departure was regretted by the fans , who had always held this likeable young man in immense respect and affection .
2 ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer .
3 He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts ; he 'd been taught to shun physical contact , even on a platonic level .
4 The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’
5 Blyth Tait says that the last time he won the top spot from Mary he only kept it for a week and is hoping to hang onto it for longer this time .
6 He only married her for her money too .
7 Not bathing for two days was no great inconvenience when he only had himself for company ; not shaving suited him fine when there was no woman to complain of beard burns .
8 She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ?
9 Her eyes could not have bulged further if Werewolf had told her he only wanted her for her mind .
10 And if her head warned her that he only wanted her for sex , her heart ignored the warning and opened itself joyfully to his tender passion .
11 Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself .
12 He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting .
13 When he only bought them for three X ?
14 Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ?
15 But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted .
16 I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted .
17 He just takes it for granted that it always looks like this .
18 But he was saying you see , what 's happened is the they is n't his he just delivers them for the bloke
19 So he just kicked himself for not having made the obvious connection . ’
20 He just uses it for storage . ’
21 ( When he finally left us for the United States , he took these gifts back from me , with the excuse that as he had bought them in Berlin he wanted to show them to the dancer .
22 And I do n't think he ever forgave me for it you know .
23 Deep down , he still blamed her for taking his mammy from him .
24 He himself does nothing wrong yet he still punishes himself for other 's wrong doings .
25 He further criticised him for using information from a confidential social work report to discredit a witness .
26 You know he always wore it for gardening .
27 She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables .
28 He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ .
29 " He usually asks me for my criticism , " she said to one interviewer .
30 He also praised him for ‘ the way that he ended the Cold War .
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