Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all actors with reviews , he checked through it for quotability , and decided that , with only slight injustice to the meaning , and the excision of a comma , he could come up with the very serviceable sentence , ‘ Charles Paris grows in stature through the evening . ’ |
| 2 | He clung to it for support , crouched for a view , glimpsed a retreating figure on the dwindling platform , then was swallowed in the soot-plumed tunnel . |
| 3 | She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise . |
| 4 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 5 | He knelt over her for a moment , tough and handsome in the candlelight , his eyes triumphant with the knowledge of desire on the verge of fulfilment , possessing her as only he could , then he was bending , lifting her into his arms , carrying her across the room , and she felt the sudden chill as the door opened and , wedging it awkwardly with his foot , he bundled her through it . |
| 6 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 7 | He came to me for stuff to forget all that . |
| 8 | I was on the board of the bank then , and he came to me for advice about a takeover bid for his company . |
| 9 | ‘ He came to me for help and those men murdered him ! |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard . |
| 11 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 12 | He was very upset ; and still , after five years , he turned to her for comfort and advice ; still like a child , her child . |
| 13 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 14 | A darkened shop doorway appeared on his left , and he ducked into it for a moment till he recovered and regained his breath . |
| 15 | He stutters , but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out . |
| 16 | Thankfully he landed on it for a moment , moving his body back and forth to keep balance with the stress of the wind and peering about him . |
| 17 | I 'm surprised he stuck to you for as long as he did . ’ |
| 18 | He hung around us for a while . |
| 19 | He worked with him for a while , making implements . |
| 20 | He worked with them for ten years , initially on the Sydney harbour and Newcastle upon Tyne bridges , and then from 1931 on the design and construction of welded steel bridges , of which his Billingham bridge was the first all-welded bridge in Britain . |
| 21 | He says he worked with them for about seven months . |
| 22 | He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home . |
| 23 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , I was covering them today and — ’ he thought about it for a second — ‘ twice last week . ’ |
| 25 | Nodding gently to himself , he reached beside him for the blanket . |
| 26 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 27 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 28 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 29 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 30 | He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope . |