Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hahnemann therefore had to move frequently as restrictions on his practice were imposed in one town after another , but despite this he lectured for a time on homoeopathy in the University of Leipzig and he had a large band of influential patrons and supporters as well as a number of able and gifted pupils . |
| 2 | Shortly after this he paid for it by cheque and on request signed a statement that property in the van was not to pass to him until the cheque was cleared . |
| 3 | and I said and I was hesitating and I said I 'm sorry I said I feel a bit embarrassed he said for what reason and old Rose was with me well at door she said she knows me she said well she said if it will interest you what if I never . |
| 4 | On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations . |
| 5 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |
| 6 | You had to appear in front of them , well this , I 'd been off for a week and the old Harbourmaster old he sent for me and he said erm , you can start work tomorrow as I . |
| 7 | In 1678 he applied for a patent for a new way of processing flax , which may have been related to investigations of this topic made under the society 's auspices in the 1660s . |
| 8 | On 23 May 1991 he absconded for 17 days . |
| 9 | In the 1650s Howard evidently also developed an interest in industrial practices , and on 27 October 1660 he applied for a patent for a new method of tanning , the subject of a printed broadsheet , Brief directions how to Tanne Leather according to a new Invention ( n.d . ) . |
| 10 | During the same period he clearly became involved in royal service , for in 1250 he acted for Henry III at the papal curia in securing the confirmation of the highly controversial election to the bishopric of Winchester of Aymer de Valence [ q.v. ] , the king 's half-brother , and then , in the next year , he was appointed the king 's proctor at the papal curia . |
| 11 | Early in 1757 he sailed for Portugal , intending to view the results of Lisbon 's great earthquake but his ship , the Hanover , was captured by a French privateer and passengers and crew were all taken prisoner and held in France , first at Brest and then at Morlaix . |
| 12 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |
| 13 | In 1898 he worked for some months in Naples on the evolution of small sharks , and then became a demonstrator in the natural history department of St Andrews University . |
| 14 | There was such regret , such a bleakness in his eyes that Lissa turned away , her soul crying out in anguish because it was plain for anyone to see how much he cared for this woman who had betrayed him . |
| 15 | In 1940 he fell for an actor who was his lover for two years before joining the navy in 1942 . |
| 16 | In 1946 he reported for duty in the English Department with another young lecturer , a modernist called Henry Gifford . |
| 17 | On 11 March 1812 he volunteered for the San Domingo ( 74 guns ) , probably to avoid being pressed into the navy . |
| 18 | When the King fell ill he sent for Cranmer and died with his hand in that of the Archbishop . |
| 19 | In 1964 he stood for the pretty safe ( at the time ) Conservative seat of Glasgow Pollok . |
| 20 | But only dimly , since she was wrapped in Lucenzo 's arms , and he was madly kissing her face and muttering loving words , holding her as if he never intended to let her go , his face now showing all he felt for her ; his undying love . |
| 21 | Not when she loved him , and when he had kissed someone else already tonight , and when all he felt for her was … whatever he did feel . |
| 22 | When he did try to make some real contribution to society , it seemed that all he got for his trouble was The Prince was too sensitive , too intelligent , to play the part mapped out for him , the part that his courtiers were there to help maintain . |
| 23 | ‘ George Harrison taught me that — I was at his house , and I noticed that all he had for breakfast was fresh fruit . |
| 24 | All he wanted , all he hoped for now was to be left alone to come to terms with his plight . |
| 25 | He said he did n't really know ; it was all so bloody complicated , all he knew for sure was there were two types , aggressive and non-aggressive ; one was curable and one was n't and he — thank God — had the one that was . |
| 26 | ’ All he knew for sure was that the stuff went off-planet . |
| 27 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 28 | I shut him up in my cellar with all he needed for painting and a bottle of cognac , and my maid , who was a very pretty girl , served as his model . |
| 29 | That 's all he needed for everything to come pouring out . |
| 30 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |