Example sentences of "he [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , his abiding passion for collecting recipes and formulas kept him experimenting for a further twenty years , perfecting the transfer-printing process . |
| 2 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 3 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 4 | She smiled , leaving him guessing for a moment , then added : ‘ He 's a politician : Northern Ireland Office . ’ |
| 5 | She felt a warm sense of power as she kept him dangling for a moment . |
| 6 | Was he going for a water ? |