Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So he sold them for four X.
2 He asked me for 50,000 francs for Félix .
3 he shopped around and he said that he got er I think he says he got it for sixty pound less I think it is , yeah
4 What would you say , he got it for more .
5 Without being aware of it , he punished her for this deeply felt bodily rejection in bed by withdrawing his body out of bed .
6 Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys .
7 He studied her for several seconds , as if baffled .
8 He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid .
9 ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’
10 He hated me for that .
11 He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them .
12 He followed it for two blocks , in the inside lane , then suddenly cut across the traffic to the centre , executed a left U-turn and returned to the Platz der Einheit .
13 He heard nothing for four months .
14 he enjoyed it for forty years .
15 Former model Carol Lawson , 42 , from Park Gate , Hants , refused to hang up on her relationship with neighbour Michael Hughes after he dumped her for another woman .
16 Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt .
17 She kinda thought of him as a poet , and I think he loved her for that .
18 It was a debilitating time and he felt he survived it for two reasons — a ‘ rigorous regime ’ , which included a vegetarian diet , and the devoted nursing of his widowed landlady , Sarah Lordore ( or Lardeau ) at his lodgings in Stoke Newington .
19 Taking into account Ferguson 's health , age , and the fact he had not previously been in prison , he jailed him for 18 months .
20 He watched her for several seconds before the casual motion of a hand raised to the back of her neck and run up through her long hair identified the silhouette as Judith .
21 He watched them for two minutes , but they did not move .
22 BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game .
23 he bought them for three quid ?
24 Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds
25 He bought it for that erm er her
26 I mean , he bought it for next to nowt .
27 He bought it for twenty five quid .
28 He did everything for that dog and thought the world of him .
29 He despised himself for this and consequently admired Elsie all the more .
30 But he said nothing for 24 hours and later , in a panic , sent police in the opposite direction .
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