Example sentences of "then he [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 2 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 3 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 4 | Then he asked for our passports , made some notes at the bottom of the itinerary and handed the passports back . |
| 5 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 6 | Then he qualified for 100 per cent help . |
| 7 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
| 8 | Then he ran for it . |
| 9 | If indeed he 'd secured the tickets as a way of bribing her between the sheets , then he suffered for his lust . |
| 10 | Now Mauro has a strong North-East accent but then he suffered for his Italian name and voice . |
| 11 | Then he waited for Louise Taylor to wake from her exhausted sleep . |
| 12 | Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's . |
| 13 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 14 | Then he thought for several more hours . |
| 15 | Then he thought for a moment , and began to smile . |
| 16 | It was then he knew for certain that the oriental he had just shot was not the one from whom he had wanted to exact retribution for injuring Pam — because at the other end of the corridor he found himself looking into the glittering black eyes of his hated enemy , Angel One . |
| 17 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 18 | Then he went for me . |
| 19 | Then he drove for 45 minutes to a deserted spot and raped her before dumping his sobbing victim in the village of Cheriton , near Winchester , Hants — 10 miles from where he first struck . |
| 20 | Then he headed for home . |
| 21 | Then he waved for Mariana . |
| 22 | Then he fumbled for a cigarette , lit it clumsily , and sat drawing in smoke as if it were a narcotic . |
| 23 | In semi-darkness , she waited , hearing the sound of a key grating against metal , and then he fumbled for a moment , muttering to himself in Italian . |
| 24 | Then he called for Alvar Fañez and said unto him , Cousin , the poor have no part in the wrong which the King hath done us ; see now that no wrong be done unto them along our road : and he called for his horse . |
| 25 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 26 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |
| 27 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 28 | Then he worked for the British . ’ |