Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them . |
| 2 | Midst all this , Atherton , who had fought desperately hard for almost 4½ hours , made an allowable mistake when he wearily felt for a rare straightish and wider ball from Waqar . |
| 3 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 4 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 5 | You know he only went to he only went for a pee you know what I mean that cramming five pound and ten pound deals at him , and he 's going , No you can , you know . |
| 6 | He only hesitated for a moment before something about the strained tension on her face made his mind up . |
| 7 | He long jumped for a while before concentrating solely on sprinting 200 metres : he clocked 22.8 seconds in his first year and reduced this to 21. 13 seconds , his personal best , making him the club 's number one until the rise in form of Mike MacFarlane . |
| 8 | He had no strong views on fox hunting , he just went for a cheap day out . |
| 9 | But Geoff , he do n't shout out or anything — he just waits for a bit till they finish their tea and then he shouts out ‘ Enjoy your tea then ’ , and as they look up he pisses a bit more and they go barmy . ’ |
| 10 | He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons . |
| 11 | Housekeeper Anne Jackson told how Mr Elton had turned the sitting room of his £750,000 London flat into an office as he desperately hunted for a new job . |
| 12 | During one of the many radio interviews he undertakes during the week , he is asked to name the first record he ever bought for a programme called Super DJ On Line . |
| 13 | He still hoped for a settlement , but each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was unaccountably held up by d'Argenlieu . |
| 14 | He always went for a type — dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorphs — and when chatting up his quarry , his voice would change from baritone to bass baritone without realising . |
| 15 | He always went for a walk about this hour . |
| 16 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 17 | If he also asks for a large deposit , the alarm bells should be ringing . |
| 18 | During the Depression Silver sold china and glass in Fifth Avenue , worked a petrol pump , and sold cigarettes wholesale ; but all this time he was collecting Walt Whitman ; he also studied for a Master 's degree in English at Boston University , which he was awarded in 1941 . |
| 19 | And under the name of Garawand he also applied for a loan of £43,225 to buy the house in Norton , Stockton , in which he lived . |
| 20 | He also asked for a rule change to allow the cleaning of golf balls on the greens — as allowed at some clubs — but apparently not at Henley . |
| 21 | He also asked for a similar offence to be taken into consideration . |
| 22 | He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed . |
| 23 | He also called for a more concerted moral drive to check the spread of AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) in Africa . |
| 24 | He also called for a meeting of the UN Security Council at the level of heads of state or government to discuss the Middle East , a proposal which was welcomed by the PLO . |
| 25 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |
| 26 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |
| 27 | Well he 's got to ring Mr and see if he if he really pushes for a month 's notice well we 'll have to just pay another month and stay you know ? |
| 28 | During a three-day visit to the north of Russia beginning on April 28 , Yeltsin was reported to have said in conversation that the Congress , having failed to resolve the land issue , would have to be dissolved ; he reportedly called for a referendum to be held to alter the constitution accordingly . |
| 29 | A six-iron second shot reduced the 15th to an easy birdie , he narrowly missed for a two at the next and then finished three , three with first a seven-iron and then a nine-iron which landed close to the flags . |
| 30 | He then applied for a mandamus directed to the visitor to hear an appeal on the grounds that the earlier appeal to the visitor had been no true appeal at all . |