Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he stood for ten minutes at the window watching soldiers tossing bundles of equipment into the gurg-ling FV 432s parked around the parade ground and feeling the deep contentment of seeing other people working very hard very early in the day . |
| 2 | A year later he worked for six months for the Eastern Health and Social Services Board in the Belfast area . |
| 3 | A year later he worked for six months in the Belfast area . |
| 4 | ‘ Following the elections there has been less high profile security presence in the area , ’ he said , adding that some time ago he asked for extra security measures for the town . |
| 5 | Here he calls for unified action from education and industry to ensure that the UK 's future professionals are not left in the cold . |
| 6 | At 6.40am he tried for another bearing , but their signal was now so weak , Darwin were unable to comply . |
| 7 | Then he drove for 45 minutes to a deserted spot and raped her before dumping his sobbing victim in the village of Cheriton , near Winchester , Hants — 10 miles from where he first struck . |
| 8 | To this Leonard went , and there he stayed for several months , playing his part in the Pullman household under the terse agreement : ‘ If you stay , you 'll pull your weight , like the rest of us ’ ; ensconced in a lively family atmosphere for the first time in years . |
| 9 | In 1869 they sent him to Peru to supervise running two of their steam ploughs , and there he remained for thirteen years , soon finding scope for his natural business acumen . |
| 10 | Previously he worked for nineteen years in Kirkcaldy as a Shift Manager . |