Example sentences of "he 'd [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even his genetic code was noted , from when he 'd applied for a work permit , but no matter how subtly Reynard interrogated , no matter how bright his ideas of lateral interrogation , every time he drew blank . |
| 2 | After that , he 'd headed for a street in north-west London that he had n't visited in over a year . |
| 3 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 4 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 5 | Well he told me he 'd gone for a count |
| 6 | He said he 'd gone for a count for a job |
| 7 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 8 | He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap . |
| 9 | The act he 'd devised for the Easter Fete was a black mass . |
| 10 | He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house . |
| 11 | He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him . |
| 12 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 13 | He 'd trusted for the last time . |
| 14 | So I called back again and the number was engaged , so I called back again and got through and he 'd left for the day |
| 15 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 16 | It was as if , having goaded her to the point of total capitulation , he 'd opted for a wary cooling-off period . |
| 17 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 18 | Mike Towers , with a background of newspaper journalism — he 'd worked for the Evening World in Bristol — assumed control of " Here Today " and he went for a harder , more newsy approach . |
| 19 | There , he 'd worked for the Corps ' news service , been wounded , gone home to study journalism at college and ended up with the Associated Press . |
| 20 | ‘ Although I 'm almost certain Mills was murdered because he 'd worked for the KGB . ’ |
| 21 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 22 | All he 'd got for the mite was a tatty old kite |
| 23 | He bought groceries to last him the week , then popped next door to the frame shop to pick up the stainless steel frame he 'd ordered for a James Barker black and white print he 'd obtained in an auction some weeks before . |