Example sentences of "he [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 2 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 3 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
| 4 | He made for the surgery , saying , lying in his teeth , ‘ I have some work to do , McAllister . |
| 5 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 6 | As he made for the road , the crickets hopped from him , all around , as if he 'd launched them . |
| 7 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 8 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |
| 9 | As he made for the door she said , ‘ You wo n't forget to take that bottle in for her , will you ? |
| 10 | He made for the door , sweeping out of the office with Rebecca in tow , stopping only to add as an afterthought , ‘ Ignore Rourke 's bad temper . |
| 11 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |
| 12 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 13 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
| 14 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
| 15 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 16 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
| 17 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
| 18 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
| 19 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |
| 20 | When this second marriage broke down in 1963 , Simenon was already having an affair with another maid , Teresa Sburelin , with whom he lived for the rest of his life . |
| 21 | He plunged for the side , but with three swift strokes Nails caught up with him and collared him round the neck . |
| 22 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |
| 23 | His beak was like the tip Of a rose thorn As he pecked for the cheese . |
| 24 | He planned for the church to be a community where people love each other in a way that is irresistibly attractive . |
| 25 | In 1849 Holford purchased the freehold of the old Dorchester House , with its 100 yards of frontage to Park Lane : he chose Lewis Vulliamy [ q.v. ] as his architect to design the Italianate palazzo he planned for the site . |
| 26 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 27 | He goes for the plastic |
| 28 | If you go to , your master 's away cu say he 's gone to race meeting and it takes two day , they 're going to be up at , say Ascot , more likely he goes for the week . |
| 29 | He is notorious in Islamabad because he argued for the cut-off in American aid to Pakistan , implemented last autumn . |
| 30 | In so far as he argued for the separation of economics from politics for the purpose of analysis , in a theoretical examination of the Soviet economy he seemed to be following in the footsteps of Marx . |