Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 A photographer from Spanish Cosmo tries unsuccessfully to get him to go outside for a shoot .
2 She said : ‘ Try and persuade him to come home for a special tea .
3 Does not he recognise that it is a broadly based representative body in which it was open to the Conservative party to participate and that for him to call now for a debate , once its work is completed , is extraordinary ?
4 Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise .
5 office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up
6 Noguchi tried in vain to construct an earthwork sculpture at a Japanese-American internment camp where he lived voluntarily for a time during World War II .
7 And he waxes portentously for a moment .
8 Oh , shut up Ryan , and then he sits there for a bit , and she goes , yeah well , you used to wear national health spectacles .
9 In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ .
10 When he asked once for a volunteer bugler , a particularly blackguardly fellow stepped forward .
11 He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting .
12 Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out .
13 Not that he 'd ever for a moment think of … taking advantage , so to speak , of a young woman of loose morals like Mrs Heatherington-Scott . ’
14 He was forced to abandon his original plan for an arched bridge of cast iron by the need for ships to be able to pass through the strait , and he opted instead for a suspension bridge 100 feet above water level and with a span of 579 feet .
15 I think he ca I think he came tonight for a game of cards that 's all he came
16 From the very first , he painted professionally for a living and achieved fame primarily for his paintings of Nelsonian and Roman events .
17 He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news .
18 He glanced away for a moment , then his piercing gaze met and held hers .
19 He glanced away for a moment , his gaze seeming to drift beyond the window to the loch and the granite peak of Ben Lomond beyond .
20 He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held .
21 I thought he looked like he worked hard for a living — which he did .
22 He sulked then for a moment .
23 He called instead for a broader provision which would permit employers to adopt hiring practices which " serve legitimate employment goals " .
24 He chewed vigorously for a few seconds .
25 He chewed away for a few moments and then nodded with pleasure .
26 Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died .
27 When he finished he went home for a rest .
28 The jibes of the kids at his scattered schools , which he attended sometimes for a token day or two to throw a sop to the government , struck him as neither here nor there .
29 He lay there for a moment , stunned , winded , waiting for a message from his numbed brain .
30 He lay there for a moment , getting his breath .
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