Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] his [noun] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes . |
| 2 | Right Colin Francome enlivened the Millbank stand by donning a pair of stilts and doing a spot of juggling to promote his book Juggling for All |
| 3 | ‘ You could be dead and you will certainly never play rugby again , ’ was one doctor 's diagnosis after Lumsden had broken his neck playing for Bath . |
| 4 | ‘ I understand , ’ said Snizort , who had lived in a world where entire civilisations had been lost and who had spent his life searching for fragments of them . |
| 5 | It was the story of a Frenchman , who had spent his life searching for beauty and pleasure — pleasure of all kinds , both good and bad . |
| 6 | I mean Tina 's worried now , she 's got his mother coming for christmas for a fortnight . |