Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] for " in BNC.

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1 The policeman frisked him then reached for his handcuffs .
2 As he kissed her again he slowly felt for the gusset of her panties , pulled them to one side and entered her expertly .
3 This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them .
4 And , famously this time , he successfully campaigned for Mr Fallon who won the Darlington seat with a 3,437 majority .
5 His coaching duties with the Scotland sevens squad concluded for the day , he duly appeared for the second half of the semi-final against the relatively fresh-faced youths of White Hart Marauders — inspired by England internationalists , Dewi Morris and Jeremy Guscott , and B caps , Damian Hopley and Justyn Cassell .
6 Midst all this , Atherton , who had fought desperately hard for almost 4½ hours , made an allowable mistake when he wearily felt for a rare straightish and wider ball from Waqar .
7 ‘ Last year he mostly caddied for Lars Persson , who finished around twenty-fifth in the Order of Merit and so he probably made less than five thousand pounds .
8 He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more .
9 He especially thanked for years of hard work , and this was received with strong acclamation .
10 After a spell in private practice , Vial was made equerry to Louis XVI and chef de manège of the Lyons riding academy , a post he apparently held for some years , but could not retain .
11 The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign .
12 The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign .
13 Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty .
14 She looked at him expectantly , but rather to her surprise he merely nodded for her to continue .
15 As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’
16 You know he only went to he only went for a pee you know what I mean that cramming five pound and ten pound deals at him , and he 's going , No you can , you know .
17 Mr Sowerberry , the undertaker in Charles Dickens 's Oliver Twist , was in the middle of the funeral hierarchy , but towards the bottom end as he only catered for parish funerals — that is to say those from the workhouse or those receiving outdoor relief .
18 He only hesitated for a moment before something about the strained tension on her face made his mind up .
19 He only entered for the Foreign Office and the block plan , with a total of ten drawings , and was awarded one of the fifth prizes for his Foreign Office design .
20 He long jumped for a while before concentrating solely on sprinting 200 metres : he clocked 22.8 seconds in his first year and reduced this to 21. 13 seconds , his personal best , making him the club 's number one until the rise in form of Mike MacFarlane .
21 As he reached his door he found his thoughts turning once more to the urgent problem of putting food in his belly , and a part of his mind registered with pleasure that these thoughts were at last supplanting the ones in which he alternately pined for Aset and visited unholy vengeance upon her .
22 He just came for the money every day .
23 He had no strong views on fox hunting , he just went for a cheap day out .
24 You leave a message like , and it 's like , erm , I 'll pop over and see you , and I was like , I mean , he just paused for breath , and I went , well , what time , and he went , well hang on , the message has n't finished yet .
25 He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time
26 He forgot about all the strange people in the theatre , and he just played for his friends .
27 He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons .
28 When he finally paused for breath , I said , ‘ Hold on a moment ’ and explained that , although obviously nobody wants to spend more than they have to on anything , in my case it was a matter of principle , because I wanted my husband 's funeral to be a personal affair in which he would be ministered to by his loved-ones , not strangers .
29 In September of 1155 he finally departed for Germany , to embark upon a further programme of reorganisation in his homeland .
30 He had things to learn before he finally pushed for home .
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