Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the face of it , the shooting looked like another bloody event in Irish history , but perhaps it was its timing — on the same day that the government had sat for the first time — that intrigued him , or perhaps it was Joe 's words : that his father and the men like him had died for Ireland were being betrayed . |
| 2 | He has worried for years , |
| 3 | It is the fifteenth in a series called ‘ The Russian world ’ which he has created for museums in various countries over the last five years or so . |
| 4 | He has searched for and found treasure on every continent ( except Antarctica ) , and he has dived for treasure in every ocean . |
| 5 | As a result of that and later Directives there are now many cases in which the Registrar must cause to be published in the Gazette notice that he has received for registration various types of documents . |
| 6 | John Elderfield 's sumptuous catalogue of the current exhibition which he has curated for New York 's Museum of Modern Art will appeal to many tastes and is , as a result , this season 's obligatory purchase . |
| 7 | However , though now chosen as a blindside flanker , he has played for Ireland at No8 when not at lock . |
| 8 | But this season he has played for Veryan 's first team in a division which has qualified umpires . |
| 9 | On the club scene he has played for Cumberland first division side Hensingham for 10 years and featured in the team which won the Cumberland under-19 title this season . |
| 10 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |
| 11 | Does the right hon. Gentleman recognise that the figures that he has announced for training and education will go nowhere near far enough to fill the skills gap ? |
| 12 | He has scored for Leeds , and Manchester United get the ball into the box in a different way . |
| 13 | He is principal cello of the English Baroque soloists , with whom he has recorded for Erato and Deutsche Grammophon . |
| 14 | ‘ He has confirmed for business that he wants to promote growth . |
| 15 | He has written for Thames , LWT , ATV , Granada , BBC , Euston and Working Title . |
| 16 | Subject to the requirements of any act or particular rule ( as to which see below ) any document may be served , if the person to be served is acting in person , by delivering it to him personally or by delivering it at , or sending it by first class post to , the address he has given for service . |
| 17 | Sammy McIlroy , once an Old Trafford prodigy himself , reckons Giggs is the most exciting player he has seen for years . |
| 18 | What he has done for leukaemia research is brilliant — and what he has done for me is give me my confidence back . |
| 19 | As he has done for years , Jean Pierson , Airbus 's boss , replies that Boeing and McDonnell Douglas get billions of dollars of ‘ indirect ’ support from defence programmes and NASA contracts . |
| 20 | David Hockney 's set designs are the first he has done for Covent Garden . |
| 21 | Since then he has campaigned for improvements in farm animal welfare . |
| 22 | He has opted for Chatam over former hunter chaser Rushing Wild who will now be ridden by Jonathon Lower . |
| 23 | He has opted for Chatam over former hunter chaser Rushing Wild who will now be ridden by Jonathon Lower . |
| 24 | The legal question here is quite straightforward : the testator makes a bequest to his debtor , Gaius Seius , of all that Seius has borrowed from him as well as all the debts he has guaranteed for Seius . |
| 25 | He has worked for South African companies and first came to this country on a De Beers scholarship to Oxford . |
| 26 | For most of his life he has worked for Cummins Engine Co. , and met his wife there . |
| 27 | In the past he has worked for John Moore , Cecil Parkinson and Nigel Lawson . |
| 28 | He does more than an ordinary caretaker would do at the small plastics company where he has worked for years . |
| 29 | He has fought for Serbia in Croatia and he will protect us from genocide . ’ |
| 30 | Pouring the wine , just as he 'd done for Marianne Novaks . |