Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having failed English Alevel , five years on he made up for this by getting a first for his thesis and a fine arts degree from Portsmouth Polytechnic . |
| 2 | He paced about for some time , looking agitated . |
| 3 | Jesus said he came not for such ‘ virtuous ’ people but to give hope to those who were aware of their need of God . |
| 4 | He served there for many years , ultimately becoming chairman . |
| 5 | The new gravestone was already in place , and he worked solidly for several hours in the churchyard , putting the plants carefully into the soft earth of her grave . |
| 6 | He worked contentedly for some time and was deep in the intricacies of a genealogy when the telephone rang . |
| 7 | Grasmere was paradise to him and he settled here for several years at Dove cottage ( which is open to the public ) . |
| 8 | A great camaraderie and friendship evolved and miracle of miracles , he settled down for some years before a dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorph stole his heart for good . |
| 9 | Asked the highlight of this lifetime on the Indian-Pacific , he thought deeply for several stations , before deciding that it was the night a passenger dropped his dentures down the lavatory . |
| 10 | She lifted a lined face to him , and he reached over for another Kleenex and smoothed the wetness away , so that she was almost without makeup . |
| 11 | Sometimes it is through a mysterious inner constraint that he makes his presence felt , as when he guided Paul 's evangelistic direction away from the province of Asia in 16:6,7 and towards the hardships and opposition he realised he would have to face if he went up for that last journey to Jerusalem ( Acts 20:22,23 ) . |
| 12 | He went in for some pretty awful names , Robbie decided — first Sybil , now Petula . |
| 13 | Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more . |
| 14 | Charles reappeared , after half an hour 's absence , and threw himself into an armchair , where he lay back for some time with his eyes shut . |
| 15 | He lay there for several hours , sleeping fitfully , having occasional nightmares , trying to galvanise himself into getting up , and failing because of the absolute exhaustion that appeared to have gripped his limbs . |
| 16 | He looked around for some measure of comparison . |
| 17 | Outside in the concourse he looked through for any mention of the events at the clinic , but there was nothing . |
| 18 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 19 | He had also for some reason tried to mask part of his window . |
| 20 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 21 | He remained there for some time . |