Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took Ray years to discover the mix of speedwork and mile repetitions he needed for improving his race times . |
| 2 | When he graduated Hugo took a succession of low-paid jobs in 7th Avenue and the optimism with which he had set out began to be dimmed by the sheer sick-making banality of what he had to do — cutting samples in the disgusting fabrics with which the greedy cutthroat manufacturers he worked for made their living . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that David was expelled in the third form for dissing the gym teacher who confiscated his Uzi and broke his crack-peddling ring , he still feels enough loyalty to the old alma mater not to drag its name through the mud by engaging the lads he fagged for in a ‘ naughty-word ’ style debate . |
| 4 | . they were the last words he spoke for 2 and a half years |
| 5 | In the duets he cheated for her , sang some of her more difficult phrases with her to drown her inadequacies , and frequently stopped the piano to suggest changes of key . |
| 6 | Unlike the role it played in the IFL , political anti-semitism never became a total ideological explanation of all the imagined ills of British society for most of the official leadership of the BUF , though there were obvious exceptions like William Joyce and some of the speakers he trained for the East End campaign of 1935 — 7 . |
| 7 | Mr Major believes the concessions he won for Denmark 's Premier Poul Schluter can deliver a yes vote . |
| 8 | And the traps he set for the villains would have killed them . |
| 9 | Three years later Robert married Mary , the daughter of Stephen Longmoore , a farmer , but within a few months he left for America in order to improve his position . |
| 10 | In Brewster ( 1979 ) 69 Cr App R 375 ( CA ) , an insurance agent was guilty of theft of the premiums because the money had to be handed over to the companies he worked for under the terms of his contract . |
| 11 | When Pravda became the Bolsheviks ' legal mouthpiece in St Petersburg in 1912 , he suffered the frustration of having many of the articles he submitted for publication rejected by the editors in Russia ; communication between the Central Committee and local party organs was much too tenuous to admit of close supervision ; and , as we shall see , during the war and the revolution itself , Lenin 's word was by no means accepted as holy writ . |
| 12 | James , in particular , deserved all the accolades he received for securing his par . |
| 13 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 14 | Despite his disappointments he starred for the South African side which played as Springboks against the Juniors late last season . |
| 15 | After 10 years he worked for The Farmers Journal . |
| 16 | And he said , I do n't retired now , but he said , for years he worked for Rolls Royce . |
| 17 | It was no boyish fancy , the feelings he had for her ; they seemed to have been born in him . |
| 18 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 19 | But never had he felt for any woman the things he felt for Julia Gillingham . |
| 20 | The concessions Edward made on matters such as purveyance and unparliamentary taxation went a long way towards meeting the grievances of the commons , and the king was able to mobilize the resources he required for war . |
| 21 | In fact , usually , he never saw the cheques he got for the ‘ Carry On ’ films . |
| 22 | In conversation at Corry , Johnson heard the stories he longed for — of men seeing visions , of examples of ‘ second sight ’ on Skye ; Mrs Mackinnon 's father had once met some women who , while working in a field , heard ghostly voices , signifying imminent death ; he later met two funerals at the predicted place . |
| 23 | However he remains unseen because Sauron can not pierce the shadows he made for his own defence . |
| 24 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |
| 25 | But I did n't like at all the er excuses he made for his wife . |
| 26 | But it is Damon , fourth from the top , who has vaulted ahead of the others , thanks to the cutting-edge characters he developed for Keenan 's show : an angry circus clown , a flamboyant film reviewer , and , riskiest of all , Handiman , ah , uh , differently abled super-hero . |
| 27 | Former Z-Cars and Softly Softly star Frank Windsor starred in and as Headmaster , written by John Challen and featuring characters he created for an earlier Play for Today slot . |
| 28 | Physical possession would be emotional pillage , her identity , free will and pride the spoils he claimed for himself . |
| 29 | The rooms he opened for her had few signs of childish occupation . |
| 30 | A fine example of his interior decoration may be seen in the rooms he decorated for Václav Michalovic in his house , now the Postal Museum ( see p. 157 ) . |