Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plays darts for the local pub , and his wife Anne , has joined the Womens Institute . |
| 2 | He is merely stopping over en route from the Republic to Italy , where he plays rugby for Rovigo . |
| 3 | Right and when Mr said to everybody right , read out your stories and he did n't know John was so slow and so when he erm asked John to read his out , cos everybody had to read it out John goes when he goes reasons for writing er what is John 's called ? |
| 4 | He reveres Cage for his rigorous search for simplicity , his fantastic openness to experiences and ideas . |
| 5 | If he thinks recovery for emotional injury is unjust , he will have made the future less unjust in the only way that counts for him : fewer people will suffer the injustice of being made to compensate for this sort of injury , which is better than more people suffering that injustice . |
| 6 | Some birds and animals come via the RSPCA and he receives funding for these ; but he himself pays for the care of injured wildlife brought in by the public . |
| 7 | In the ballroom scene which ends Act One , he writes parts for three separate bands playing different kinds of dance music simultaneously — a minuet for the aristocracy , a contre-danse for Giovanni and Zerlina ( a couple of mixed social status ) , and a German dance for the peasants . |
| 8 | Step forward Northern Ireland kit man Derek McKinley , pictured here at his Dunmurry home with just some of the items he has responsibility for at each international . |
| 9 | Step forward Northern Ireland kit man Derek McKinley , pictured here at his Dunmurry home with just some of the items he has responsibility for at each international . |
| 10 | It has very little that anyone covets , so the Hashemite Kingdom has no choice but to woo the traveller ; to see that he has ice for his drinks , a soft bed , a flushing loo and a dash of Bedouin mystique to add zest to his package-deal . |
| 11 | He has sympathy for the small scale dealers : ‘ They 've been brought up in an entrepreneurial country under Thatcher where they 've been taught to make money . |
| 12 | The teacher who finds , for instance , that a child has difficulty in including himself in a ‘ family count up ’ , may make sure that he has opportunity for counting the members of many different groups of which he is a part , on other occasions . |
| 13 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 14 | God is a planner and he has plans for the British Isles . |
| 15 | His latest American film , Walt Disney 's The Super Mario Brothers , comes out next year and he has plans for another movie in the States . |
| 16 | He has respect for the almost tribal traditional wisdom of those whom he later called the ‘ quiet-voiced elders ’ and their ‘ dead secrets , , but in the end these are to be renounced or incorporated in a higher Christian scheme and vision . |
| 17 | He has hopes for Japan : its investment in the Philippines up to last September was only $1.9 billion , compared with $13.4 billion in Indonesia . |
| 18 | They argue that his experience in Northern Ireland has demonstrated that he has qualifications for the job , combining authority with even-handedness . |
| 19 | A very few of Patterson 's spellings may indicate that /a/ backing and rounding had been observed sporadically in -r and -l environments : he has form for ‘ farm ’ and canaul for ‘ canal ’ . |
| 20 | You ought to know by this time that — in the language of popular fiction — he has eyes for no one but you . ’ |
| 21 | Mike must be able to finish his work and he needs help for that . |
| 22 | Now he needs cover for $3m and the cost will be around $50,000 a year . |
| 23 | The Whitelaw farmer , Mr Catto , claims he needs access for a tractor . |
| 24 | In his next letter , on his feet again , he thanks Theo for the enclosed 100 francs . |
| 25 | In similarly insincere terms he thanks Duncan for the honours he has received from him : These speeches are subtly calculated by Shakespeare , for their insincerity is obvious to us ( the affected metaphors , the flabby repetitions ) but not to the recipients . |
| 26 | Firstborn sons , the firstlings of flocks and herds , and firstfruits of the field are God 's by right ( he accepts part for the whole ) . |
| 27 | The customer has told you that he wants £3000 for the car — the actual value at 57,000 miles is half that . |
| 28 | He plans changes for the Roker Park battle . |
| 29 | He blames MacDonald for ruining his ‘ life 's work ’ . |
| 30 | He blames Thompson for this . |