Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he kissed her again he slowly felt for the gusset of her panties , pulled them to one side and entered her expertly . |
| 2 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 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 | The fabled golden age of England that he apparently yearns for is merely his lost youth in disguise . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She looked at him expectantly , but rather to her surprise he merely nodded for her to continue . |
| 16 | It must have been a difficult decision for Mr Bates because he obviously cares for his child . |
| 17 | Old Fishfinger has been flicking through More magazine which , of course , he only reads for the fishkeeping tips , and has discovered the questionnaires that they print . |
| 18 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Where Hornblower 's cough is designed to give him time to avoid embarrassment or to get out of a tight corner , Septimus puts on his spectacles , which in fact he only needs for reading , when he needs time to think of a way out of a difficulty or the chance to seem more confident than he really is . |
| 22 | He only hesitated for a moment before something about the strained tension on her face made his mind up . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Was he so sent for ? |
| 25 | He suddenly goes for it , you know ? |
| 26 | Had he daily prayed for the church and the world ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nowadays , he says , he just plays for fun . |
| 30 | He just came for the money every day . |