Example sentences of "that he [vb past] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | McFarlane was then no longer in government ; he travelled to Iran on Reagan 's orders , accompanied by North , Amiram Nir of Israel and half a pallet of missile parts that he hoped to exchange for hostages . |
| 2 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 3 | We had only really talked to Mr Postman on the regular occasions — Dusshera , Diwali , Christmas , New Year — that he came looking for tips , but were flattered by the invitation and out of curiosity decided to take it up . |
| 4 | Then there was nothing again but the darkness ; the darkness that he knew waited for him at the foot of the mountain . |
| 5 | In the run-up to recognition , the commander of the Second Military District , General Milutin Kukanjao , hinted strongly that he wished to opt for the second option . |
| 6 | If Labov 's interpretations were suspect ( and of course they are not ) , this would not arise from the fact that he failed to test for significance . |
| 7 | He knew that he 'd fallen for bait like a fool . |
| 8 | ‘ That he 'd arranged for the bank to cash cheques on his and my signature until all this is settled . ’ |
| 9 | There 's a photograph of him standing in front of the cabbages that he 'd grown for victory wearing his Home Guard uniform . |
| 10 | Nathan thought of the shotgun locked under his chin ; he 'd held himself so rigid that night that he 'd ached for three days afterwards . |
| 11 | Lots of activities that need a spiritual power to make them work are actually outlawed by God in the Bible , so any spiritual power being used in them is clearly not from him but is from Satan ; God would n't ban something that he 'd created for our good ! |
| 12 | Mediterranean , perhaps , if the skin colour that he 'd taken for suntan was natural . |
| 13 | Lindner announced on Aussie network TV on Saturday that he 'd signed for Leeds , but Davies said they still had n't received final confirmation from the player . |
| 14 | And , looking down at the still-outstretched arm , the glazed and open eyes , the great scarlet pool soaking into the earth , she knew that it was a body , that he had gone for ever , that there was nothing she need fear from him ever again . |
| 15 | Only when they actually got to know each other had he discovered that it was the idea of loving her that he had fallen for and not the girl herself . |
| 16 | The Attorney General , Eligio Hernández , appealed to the High Court against the search warrant , and said in a statement on Nov. 19 that he had applied for a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of Judge Marino Barbero 's actions . |
| 17 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 18 | But he felt as well something far greater — the sudden joy of life that he had pleaded for as the old eagle 's right , and in pleading for it then had begun at last to claim it as his own . |
| 19 | The Shah subsequently told the Israeli foreign minister , Abba Eban , that he had jumped for joy at Nassers gemmulation victory . |
| 20 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 21 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 22 | In a book generally very critical of Reagan , this comes as a rather surprising encomium to his effectiveness in office , although Stockman also makes it clear that the president did not get all that he had asked for in tax cuts . |
| 23 | It struck me as odd at the time , and when Harry Collins told me that he had asked for a morning appointment it seemed even odder . ’ |
| 24 | Still half dazed by shock , lashed by rage and a deeper pain she told herself was grief for Edmund , Isabel forgot the fleeting moments when fitzAlan had shown her tenderness despite his suspicions , forgot that he had asked for the truth . |
| 25 | The men from Big Blue originally came to Microsoft 's founder , Bill Gates , to license the programming languages that he had written for the early personal-computer enthusiasts , most of whom had built their own machines . |
| 26 | for example , long after Bede , in his Boke of Nurture John Russell , who had been Marshal of the household of the great patron of learning , the youngest son of Henry IV , Duke Humphrey of Gloucester ( 1391–1447 ) , described how the four courses of an elaborate fish-dinner that he had prepared for his master and guests was accompanied by appropriate ‘ subtleties ’ , or ornamental devices . |
| 27 | It must have been very galling for Major , when he established membership of the A-Team to write the election manifesto , that he had to choose for it those very men who are most likely to profit from his failure . |
| 28 | It had been Dalrymple 's idea to require the clan chiefs to take the oath of allegiance and it became obvious that he had hoped for an opportunity to punish one clan as an example to the others . |
| 29 | When we arrived at Jaipur my father told us that he had sent for us so that we could go with him tiger-shooting . |
| 30 | He put one of their cocktail nuts into my mouth off a silver tray that he had balanced for the moment on the washbasin , and set himself to work on my mascara . |