Example sentences of "he [vb past] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He applied for an MRC scholarship in clinical research at the Gustave-Roussy after seeing the application papers in a friend 's office . |
| 2 | He asked for an urgent meeting with Colonel Easterhouse . |
| 3 | He asked for an Irish song of love and loss . |
| 4 | His wages in 1780 were 20 shillings ( £1 ) a week and he asked for an increase to 2 guineas ( £2.10 ) a week . |
| 5 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 6 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 7 | Former Z-Cars and Softly Softly star Frank Windsor starred in and as Headmaster , written by John Challen and featuring characters he created for an earlier Play for Today slot . |
| 8 | ‘ Go ! ’ she hissed at Ember , but he stopped for an agonizing moment to cover her better . |
| 9 | He stopped for an early beer at a roadside pub in Surrey , then dropped the car off in its lock-up garage and strolled to a cafe for lunch . |
| 10 | He shouted for an ostler , tied Nosey to a metal ring on the stableyard wall and gave the dog a bowl of water before , carrying his map and weapons , he limped into the silent house . |
| 11 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 12 | He paled for an instant , thinking perhaps that his socks had slid down , but they had n't . |
| 13 | He paid for an underpass beneath the main road which now separates Monet 's house in Giverny from its famous garden . |
| 14 | He campaigned for an integrated study of Christian philosophy , history , literature , and art in the same way as literae humaniores had studied every aspect of classical culture . |
| 15 | On the advice of Lyell and Hooker he arranged for an account of his own theory to be published alongside Wallace 's paper by the Linnean Society of London . |
| 16 | Later , after four years in detention during the Mau Mau Emergency , he worked for an Indian workshop in Nairobi establishing himself as the pioneer manufacturer of bicycle carriers and foreguards . |
| 17 | At the end of the week she discovered he worked for an average of 1 minute at a time . |
| 18 | In 1934 he joined the Irish Independent , with whom he worked for an eventful 50 years , latterly as its northern political editor . |
| 19 | ‘ Sit down ! ’ he snarled for an answer . |
| 20 | True , his critics would rather he settled for an easier life . |
| 21 | Li Ximing , a politburo member and senior CCP official for Beijing , published an article in the Beijing Daily of July 14 in which he called for an acceleration of economic reform along capitalist lines . |
| 22 | He called for an Arab order " far removed from the stains of oil , consumerism and tyranny " and attacked " those Arabs " who were " motivated by tribal affiliation and arrogance " and who had " flooded the nation with their oil and bragged about their seats which were restored at the hands of the foreigner and with its lances stained with the blood of their brothers " . |
| 23 | He called for an inquiry into why a Madonna compact disc sells for the equivalent of £6.88 wholesale and £8.33 retail in the US compared with £13 and £15 in Britain . |
| 24 | He talked for an hour . |
| 25 | In 1940 he fell for an actor who was his lover for two years before joining the navy in 1942 . |
| 26 | He dozed for an hour until a warm , furry body slid under his hand , ‘ Good evening , Bonaventure ! ’ he whispered . |
| 27 | He had pulled a hamstring during his warm-up and had done well to patrol as relentlessly as he did for an hour . |
| 28 | His delivery was extraordinarily good and , though he spoke for an hour and a half I should think , his voice never failed him and every word was clear — and bold . |
| 29 | He waited for an answer , then he whispered the words of forgiveness . |
| 30 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |