Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1828 he began to write for the fledgling Record newspaper and subsequently became its chief proprietor and the dominant influence on editorial policy for half a century . |
| 2 | All he 'd got for the mite was a tatty old kite |
| 3 | Mr Roberts was thanked for all he had done for the Society since its inception . |
| 4 | At Monaco , his drive-shaft failed and all he had to show for the race was his twenty-two laps in the lead . |
| 5 | Neither the Bodleian nor the British Museum , however , would offer him a place , and in 1889 he began to read for the bar . |
| 6 | He had written for the ‘ Manchester Guardian ’ on the subject during the seasons of 1933/4/5 , then in 1937 he began writing for the ‘ Glasgow Herald ’ — not reporting on county cricket as he had for the ‘ Guardian ’ but instead turning his impeccable knowledge of the game to the study of the nature of the game itself . |