Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |
| 2 | He examined them carefully for signs of mildew before putting them on . |
| 3 | He kept it there for weeks , later transferring the number to his Filofax . |
| 4 | I do not think he married her particularly for love , but for the sake of his daughters , as people did in those days ; and it might have seemed that she was ideally suited for this , with her quiet , dignified manner , and she having been a housekeeper . |
| 5 | Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers . |