Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had no strong views on fox hunting , he just went for a cheap day out . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | He forgot about all the strange people in the theatre , and he just played for his friends . |
| 35 | But Geoff , he do n't shout out or anything — he just waits for a bit till they finish their tea and then he shouts out ‘ Enjoy your tea then ’ , and as they look up he pisses a bit more and they go barmy . ’ |
| 36 | He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons . |
| 37 | As it was , he just worked for me . ’ |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | In September of 1155 he finally departed for Germany , to embark upon a further programme of reorganisation in his homeland . |
| 40 | He had things to learn before he finally pushed for home . |
| 41 | In addressing them he utters no words of condemnation as he does in the case of the scribes and Pharisees , yet he nevertheless looks for an unconditional and wholehearted response from them . |
| 42 | He normally works for me at St Andrews and I want him to do it because he 'll be retiring after this year . |
| 43 | He gave her his best smile , a greeting he normally reserved for waiters . |
| 44 | Housekeeper Anne Jackson told how Mr Elton had turned the sitting room of his £750,000 London flat into an office as he desperately hunted for a new job . |
| 45 | His heartbreaking search across the world has now brought him more joy than he ever wished for — and more than 100 relatives ! |
| 46 | There is a curious sense in which the no-holds-barred style that Nizan adopted in this series of five articles , the last he ever wrote for Ce Soir , marked a return to the sectarian , aggressive , uncompromising Nizan of 1932 . |
| 47 | During one of the many radio interviews he undertakes during the week , he is asked to name the first record he ever bought for a programme called Super DJ On Line . |
| 48 | He gave me more more decisions against the workers than he ever gave for them . |
| 49 | He looked away , momentarily overcome by the strength of what he still felt for her , then forced himself to be insistent . |
| 50 | He still hopes for another opportunity at Test level . |
| 51 | He still hoped for a settlement , but each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was unaccountably held up by d'Argenlieu . |
| 52 | In spite of his bitter criticism of his father , he still asked for help from him . |
| 53 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 54 | In vacations he still went for interviews with his psychiatrist , who did not feel that he had quite got ‘ to the bottom of things ’ . |
| 55 | A one-time county cricketer , he still plays for Darlington with whom he has a reputation as a high scorer . |
| 56 | Electrician , you know he still worked for the the electricity board . |
| 57 | Some passion he still held for his fiancée ? |
| 58 | He still works for her father 's organisation . |
| 59 | He always went for a type — dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorphs — and when chatting up his quarry , his voice would change from baritone to bass baritone without realising . |
| 60 | He always went for a walk about this hour . |