Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of a limitation clause is where a supplier of computer software limits his liability for faulty software to the licence fee he has received for that software . |
| 2 | And you have Rochester who has erm he 's not exactly been a degenerate and he has shown some restraint , he has cared for this wife , he 's brought her home . |
| 3 | He has opted for this solution to the problem of his masterpieces in storage . |
| 4 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 5 | He has appealed for more vigilance by staff in shops and offices to stop ‘ sneak-in ’ thieves who steal bags , purses and wallets during the working day . |
| 6 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 7 | Could not he have arranged for that report to be leaked to the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) , because that might have prevented the hon. Gentleman from making the foolish pledge that Labour will abolish the excellent reforms ? |
| 8 | He had posed for that portrait at the age of twenty-two ; a year later he was in the Crimea . |
| 9 | He had searched for this assassin by silent threat and bribery but so far had discovered nothing . |
| 10 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 11 | The tearing pain returned and the doctor prescribed large doses of morphia which he had kept for this time . |
| 12 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 13 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |
| 14 | In God 's purposes Jesus had already gone to the cross , he was alre , hi his , his natural fate if you like , was already sealed , he had come for this purpose , he had come to die . |
| 15 | ‘ I think he had come for some sort of show . |
| 16 | This is going to be an interesting meeting , Alan says it will be over by two thirty because he 's organized for some training to happen then on er disciplinary issues . |
| 17 | But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |