Example sentences of "he [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It traces Alfie 's career on the field with Downpatrick and Ireland and his rise to the top of officialdom 's tree , highlighting the impact he made for essential change in promoting the game and in the need for better communication . |
| 2 | It traces Alfie 's career on the field with Downpatrick and Ireland and his rise to the top of officialdom 's tree , highlighting the impact he made for essential change in promoting the game and in the need for better communication . |
| 3 | The congregation usually watched him with a perverse relish which he mistook for devout attention , but this Sunday afternoon there was palpably an added curiosity to see how well he managed to live down the shaming comedy he had enacted on horseback a few days before . |
| 4 | There was such regret , such a bleakness in his eyes that Lissa turned away , her soul crying out in anguish because it was plain for anyone to see how much he cared for this woman who had betrayed him . |
| 5 | In 1920 Birkenhead put forward both lines of argument when he argued for greater coalition cooperation in the press . |
| 6 | He fought for higher oil revenues to finance this and the development programmes that would transform Iran 's economy . |
| 7 | I was ashamed that I 'd written a reference for him when he applied for that job . |
| 8 | When he applied for judicial review he did not know whether his tariff exceeded 20 years , but on 10 April 1990 his solicitors were informed by the Home Office that it did not . |
| 9 | Albert was so distressed by the whole affair that he applied for another post further away from the scene of the tragedy . |
| 10 | ‘ Following the elections there has been less high profile security presence in the area , ’ he said , adding that some time ago he asked for extra security measures for the town . |
| 11 | He asked for that camera for his birthday this year . ’ |
| 12 | Eventually he was taken into the West Sussex hospital and when Mr Smith visited him , he asked for some chlorodyne . |
| 13 | Sir Rhodes urged Mr Patten to reduce poll tax levels in London by imposing a cap of £300 per adult , and he asked for special help for those people living in low rateable value homes built between 1860 and 1930 . |
| 14 | In his note he asked for medical help — some vitamins , eye-drops , ‘ as I ca n't go out ’ — and for some money . |
| 15 | In an attempt to recover prestige and to circumvent the Chancellor he tried for personal contact with King William , hoping desperately that , as he said , ‘ between sovereigns things can be arranged ’ . |
| 16 | At 6.40am he tried for another bearing , but their signal was now so weak , Darwin were unable to comply . |
| 17 | A few years before he died he posed for this effigy , placing the completed picture in his room , adjacent to his bed , as a memento mori . |
| 18 | IN THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN tradition , human beings , closest to God , believed that they had dominion over all His other creatures , which He created for human benefit . |
| 19 | Feeling a little frightened of the dead body behind him in the cart , and depressed by the autumn fog , he stopped for some beer at a pub , where he met Jan Coggan and Laban Tall . |
| 20 | His written work is average , he entered for 0-level English this year and obtained a C grade . |
| 21 | He appealed for international support for Ukraine 's claim to an equivalent proportion of Soviet assets abroad , and criticized the inter-republican agreement of Dec. 5 on the division of debt , which Ukraine had refused to sign [ see p. 38656 ] . |
| 22 | He had given a speech earlier in the year on the subject of ‘ Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago ’ , at the end of which he appealed for mass action and now he was testing the dedication and organisational abilities of his P.E.G . |
| 23 | He added for good measure : ‘ During the time she is in the shop her domestic duties are being neglected ’ . |
| 24 | In any case , he warned me , it 's what a rich man calls an asset and , he added for good measure , never invest in something new , especially when there 's a war on . |
| 25 | As he reached the end of the quay , where the road ascends steeply from the harbour , he turned for one parting shot : " You marry him , then ! " he shouted . |
| 26 | He claimed for one period several months ago , there were no spare ITU beds available in the entire southern half of the region . |
| 27 | One pal said : ‘ He loved her so much he would have done anything to protect her and he paid for that love with his life . ’ |
| 28 | Among the thousands of press cuttings he collected for possible inclusion in the dossier is the following story , clipped from L'Opinion nationale of June 20th , 1863 : |
| 29 | He campaigned for economic growth through direct government help to industry , financial discipline , individual rights and environmental protection . |
| 30 | He campaigned for free education , and for the introduction into Britain of the metric system . |