Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for his " in BNC.
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| 31 | On another night , he went on for his Fred Astaire routine , after one of three ultra-quick changes , with his flies open . |
| 32 | If , she amended to herself , you went in for his type . |
| 33 | If he allowed the headstall to be put on him , he was rewarded by being put out in the paddock , or brought in for his dinner , or taken for a ride . |
| 34 | I reached over for his bowl . |
| 35 | Blair was wide by the narrowest of margins with three well-struck penalties before Gallagher went over for his second try following a quick transfer right from Johnny Hastings . |
| 36 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 37 | Jim went off for his first day at work in a mood of tender incredulity , still unable to stop smiling . |
| 38 | ‘ When Mutch went up for his header we said ‘ Oh no ’ — but the lad handled it well . ’ |
| 39 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 40 | In the earlier years of living with her he had sometimes left her a note speared on the kitchen tap before he went out for his walk — stirred and perhaps even drawn by the sight of her plain , flushed face in bed , which had begun to acquire in sleep a look of distress and disappointment . |
| 41 | On the night of 4th June he went out for his walk to think and to smoke his usual cigar . |
| 42 | As his sword went back for his final sweep the sullen glow that had been growing in the doorway of the Broken Drum flickered , dimmed , and erupted into a roaring fireball that sent the walls billowing outward and carried the roof a hundred feet into the air before bursting through it , in a gout of red-hot tiles . |
| 43 | She reached out for his hand . |
| 44 | They sat together and she reached out for his hand . |
| 45 | He reached out for his tie that was on the table . |
| 46 | He wiped round his plate with a chunk of bread , emitted a satisfied sigh and looked around for his coffee . |
| 47 | Swaying on his feet and feeling light-headed , he looked around for his knife . |
| 48 | He looked round for his wire-cutters . |
| 49 | His whole body cried out for his wife ; at the end , he rose before anyone , and stumbled to the stairs . |
| 50 | His heart cried out for his countrymen , forced to live grey , drab existences in a land where there was no freedom and little truth , but so much potential beauty . |
| 51 | His hand moved to the triangle of fair curls between her thighs and as he caressed the glistening pink bud which was hidden there she cried out for his possession . |
| 52 | No losses were reported by the German unit , but Lt. Klaus Mietusch claimed one Hurricane shot down for his eighth victory . |
| 53 | Tries from Dale Laughton , Carr and Paul Broadbent put the Eagles in control before Currier ran in for his hat-trick . |
| 54 | Reece could n't hold the shot and Guy Whittingham ran in for his 40th goal of the season . |
| 55 | He sounded at the end of his tether , all the adrenalin summoned up for his phone call now evaporated . |
| 56 | He was an undergraduate then , of course , but he stayed on for his doctorate , then became a fellow . |
| 57 | John Bate stood in for his father during his frequent absences — he suffered from chronic bronchitis — giving evidence to several parliamentary commissions on weights and measures before his own early death of consumption in 1840 . |
| 58 | With four minutes to go , Stimpson dived over for his second try in the right-hand corner . |
| 59 | He jumped in and set off for his rendezvous with Volkov 's wife . |