Example sentences of "he [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plays for Western Suburbs against Newcastle in Sunday 's Winfield Cup play-offs . |
| 2 | A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder . |
| 3 | A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder . |
| 4 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |
| 5 | We are all special to him , and he longs for each of us to enter into the space and privileges of his home . |
| 6 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |
| 7 | Neil , Neil now says , that when he meets a girl , he , he waits to see if she 's got any characteristics in common with the dreadful Vicky , the girl that he eventually fetch her much deserved slosh on the chops and was pulled into Ipswich Magistrates Court , you know , oh I should n't laugh , but erm , he says he looks for those characteristics , and the moment he sees that the girl is going to be this sort of neurotic , excitable , hysterical creature he walks away . |
| 8 | ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference . |
| 9 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 10 | It is what he stands for that they do n't like . |
| 11 | To assist the haulier in making early settlement the creditor , upon receiving a written request , is obliged to give the haulier ( the debtor ) all the information he needs for this purpose . |
| 12 | He adds for good measure that the public-sector deficit would be wiped out if the country stopped paying its foreign debts . |
| 13 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 14 | This is even true , contra Kolve , of what he says for most of his prologue . |
| 15 | Sonny has a number of different slides he uses for different occasions . |
| 16 | In an unmarked police car equipped with a speed detection computer , Peter Joslin , Warwickshire 's Chief Constable and head of Britain 's police traffic committee , showed us the type of driving which he blames for many fatal road crashes . |
| 17 | Although he allows for many areas of uncertainty in the study of catharsis , Scheff nevertheless accepts the universality of the need to handle destructive emotions , and proposes that ritual , as a cathartic experience , be reinstated in the West as ‘ a dramatic form for coping with universal distress ’ ( 1979 : 114 ) . |
| 18 | After the election I am sure any enthusiasm he shows for this issue will disappear as quickly as he will . |
| 19 | This is part of what makes his eventual faith in God ( which he reaches for other reasons ) a radical reliance on God alone . |
| 20 | Here we meet a central theme : ca n't we demand that the doctor set out the principles on which he acts for all to see ? |
| 21 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 22 | As he prepares for this afternoon 's prestige friendly against the World Cup-holders , Argentina , in Cagliari , Vicini is characteristically playing the match down . |
| 23 | He votes for certain policies , and — save in presidential systems — for a government ; a serious one , not a bunch of clowns . |
| 24 | In civilian parlance Major Mike Herriott , Who runs No 4 Region , could be described as the ‘ District Catering Operations Manager ’ , and as such he arranges for each of the twenty Master Chefs to receive regular visits from one of the team of three Area Catering Officers ( ACOs ) or six Area Catering Warrant Officers ( ACWOs ) . |
| 25 | Here he calls for unified action from education and industry to ensure that the UK 's future professionals are not left in the cold . |
| 26 | If he opts for physical delivery , he will be allocated one of a number of prime banks whose sterling time deposits are accepted by LIFFE as being of deliverable quality . |
| 27 | He relies for that upon the dicta of Lord Denning M.R. in In re Bramblevale Ltd. [ 1970 ] Ch. 128 , 137A . |
| 28 | From which he accounts for 2 pipes of wine bought at Canterbury from Preston , 1 pipe at London , 1 tun at Canterbury by J. Boteler , 3 tuns at Sandwicum , 1 other tun at Canterbury and for the carriage of the same , £41 12s.2d . |
| 29 | First , however , he asks for divine guidance : ‘ Assist me , Heav'n ! and teach me how to act / In this so nice , so delicate affair ’ [ ML , 2 , 134 ] . |
| 30 | He asks for immediate customer service and corrective action , supported by a visit from the ‘ Maranyl ’ quality manager to deal with the long-term implications . |