Example sentences of "for [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I was looking for somewhere he does n't . |
| 2 | On the one hand , he sensed the anger of the island and its hot spirits if the powerful enchantress died ( for so he saw her ) ; he attempted to exorcise this fear with prayer and readings from the Bible , sometimes aloud to the uncomprehending heathen girl who tended the hag as if she were a lover . |
| 3 | Nigel says that 's all he still in the sport for so he 's going to push harder than ever |
| 4 | This particular study for so he could listen to it . |
| 5 | The boy — such stupendous change — gnashing , hands as claws and teeth as fangs for already he was bitten and bleeding . |
| 6 | It was tinged with panic too for finally he could only babble again and again how sorry he was . |
| 7 | Springsteen finished the mince and inspected his whiskers for any he 'd missed . |
| 8 | For once he was underplaying his hand . |
| 9 | And he was tired mentally , for once he addressed a bishops ' meeting for a whole hour without stopping . |
| 10 | For once he felt a sense of purpose enlivening his existence . |
| 11 | Of course , we all thought some terrible crime had been discovered , but along we went , and for once he was looking really quite genial . |
| 12 | I do n't think he minded , for once he said to me , ‘ You ca n't do a job like mine unless you 're fascinated by it ’ , and I was n't . |
| 13 | He looked at her and for once he was n't smiling ; the mischief had drained out of him . |
| 14 | Two of them — Iris Murdoch and William Golding — are said to have composed a good deal of fiction before succeeding at last with a publisher ; succeeding , as Golding once remarked , not because he had tried to please but because for once he stopped trying and wrote the book he had always wanted to write . |
| 15 | Within three overs Gooch had his century , his first against Pakistan , 17th in all , ninth in his 27 Tests as England captain , and for once he bore little resemblance to lonely General Gordon , whose last stand is immortalised by George Joy in Leeds Art Gallery . |
| 16 | But for once he had planned to escape the worst excesses of the English winter , and at the beginning of 1950 he embarked with the Fabers on a six-week cruise to South Africa : two weeks getting there , two weeks on the beach at St James near Cape Town , and two weeks back . |
| 17 | And for once he knew he was fully appreciated by his Buttermere neighbours and even by his wife . |
| 18 | For once he felt no urge to share his knowledge with her . |
| 19 | Stephen knew what the bank wanted , and for once he was a bit short on answers . |
| 20 | For once he allowed the cork to fly high into the air . |
| 21 | For once he pushed the vision of her to the back of his mind , his thoughts focusing instead on the events of that night . |
| 22 | That , in itself , was not unusual ; but for once he had been told nothing of the reason for the meeting . |
| 23 | For once he seems to be at a loss for words . |
| 24 | For once he was almost gentle . |
| 25 | It would prove something to both Luke and herself if for once he did n't find her waiting for him when he came . |
| 26 | For once he really looked quite smart , in well-cut grey trousers that emphasised the length of his legs and strength of his thighs , and a cream shirt that actually looked as though it had been ironed . |
| 27 | ‘ Paranoid , ’ he said with satisfaction , sure for once he had the right word . |
| 28 | He used the same line with his mother ; for once he did n't give her the real reason . |
| 29 | There was just the faintest trace of hesitation behind his smooth approach , as if for once he was n't quite sure that was true . |
| 30 | For once he has been left behind for a singularly devastating moment of pleasure . |