Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Sunday , and Yanto had enjoyed the casual breakfast with his Mother , something he rarely had time for during the working week Their chat during breakfast had revealed to him that his Mother had enjoyed the previous Friday evening out with Sid Watkins and would probably see him again . |
| 2 | Thus John V of Portugal ( 1706–50 ) gave public audiences regularly twice a week at which he personally received petitions for the redress of grievances . |
| 3 | He only had eyes for Mary , especially as she immediately burst into tears . |
| 4 | He only had charts for western Russia , primarily Moscow and St Petersburg . |
| 5 | He basically composes music for electric guitars , and he does some wild things . |
| 6 | He just had time for a quick coffee ( it was now or never ) , and in the time I took to refill the kettle and put coffee into two clean mugs , I 'd told him . |
| 7 | Yeah well the thing about Simon that 's excellent is that he just accepts people for what they are and he does n't judge people |
| 8 | He just missed selection for boat race crew named earlier this week , but he was still in with a chance of a late place . |
| 9 | He just brings stuff for Ibrahim and then goes . |
| 10 | She did n't think it was going to take long before he somehow caused trouble for her . |
| 11 | Committed to an ideal of ‘ astronomy without hypotheses , ’ he nevertheless chided Copernicus for having employed the ‘ most absurd fable in order to demonstrate the true facts of nature from false causes . ’ |
| 12 | He thus signalled support for Pavlov 's " anti-crisis " programme , while continuing to insist that there were no irreconcilable differences between the Pavlov and Yavlinsky plans . |
| 13 | When he set up his shop he already had plans for a town of books . |
| 14 | It makes you wonder if he ever has time for anything else . |
| 15 | PAUL GASCOIGNE revealed yesterday why he still sheds tears for his beloved England . |
| 16 | But despite this he still finds time for his family and to play squash at weekends . |
| 17 | Cleese has since sold his share of Video Arts for a reputed £7 million , but he still makes films for them . |
| 18 | He always had time for them , always listened and was always reasonable with them . |
| 19 | The chap was a flight sergeant , a very aged flight sergeant , and he always had words for very young stupid officers . |
| 20 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 21 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 22 | He found that he was so full-up from all the liquid in his diet that he hardly had room for his evening meal . |
| 23 | He introduced the taping of telephone calls — then seen as unprofessional , now absolutely the reverse of this — and brought in so much business that he bluntly asked Clark for the presidency of the firm . |
| 24 | He quickly made arrangements for another priest to conduct the funeral . |
| 25 | WHEN Albert Hanson became secretary at the Albion social club in 1989 , he quickly made news for his new marketing idea to promote the concert room weekdays . |
| 26 | When the individual has matured he usually accepts responsibilities for child-rearing and for work . |
| 27 | In 1992 he also assumed responsibility for Wimpey Group Services Accounts . |
| 28 | Within this context he also criticized families for whom welfare assistance had become a way of life . |
| 29 | He also criticized Aziz for refusing to accept a letter reiterating the US position from Bush to Saddam Hussein . |
| 30 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |