Example sentences of "[noun] for his [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Haig , ever the optimist , intent on winning the war with the BEF , now had the opportunity for his long-cherished campaign in Flanders . |
| 2 | The player was only a shadow of himself in Scotland 's first World Cup qualifying tie , blaming a surfeit of matches at club , European and international level for his unsatisfactory display in Berne . |
| 3 | His successor , President Endara , says he wants him extradited to Panama for his alleged part in the 1985 beheading of the politician Hugo Spadafora . |
| 4 | Old Spannerbreaker picks up another award for his moody performance in a series of popular ads . |
| 5 | FORMER Leeds scrum-half Bobby Goulding celebrated his League debut for his home-town club in style yesterday . |
| 6 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 7 | Anthony John Allen , aged 23 , of Huyton , Liverpool , was cleared by the appeal judges , along with William Willis , aged 23 , who had been given an 11-year sentence for his alleged part in the attack three years ago on a Southampton publican , his wife , and a barmaid . |
| 8 | DR AHMAD OSMAN SIRAJ : a 46-year-old senior lecturer at the University of Khartoum 's medical school , he is serving a 15 year sentence for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the military government of General Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir . |
| 9 | Gaitán was wanted by the authorities for his alleged involvement in the assassination of nine Army officers who had attempted a coup on Oct. 3 1989 [ see p. 36971 ] . |
| 10 | The SSA would particularly like to thank Crispin On of Dulwich for his fine efforts in organising the squash competition . |
| 11 | Jones is in the dock for his controversial comments in the football video , ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |
| 12 | Likewise Granton where the Duke of Buccleuch had constructed the harbour for his own needs in the mid 19th century . |
| 13 | From prison Cranmer wrote to the Queen asking for her mercy and pardon for his heinous folly in following the Will of Edward VI . |
| 14 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 15 | Ward , 53 , had maintained throughout that the money had been a legitimate success fee for his vital role in the bitterly-fought takeover bid . |
| 16 | Many there were for executing this weak nephew of their late King there and then ; but Moray , who was his kinsman , pleaded for his life with the Regent , and promised to stand surety for his better behaviour in the future . |
| 17 | The 10,000 metres of film recording Hitler at the grandiose military parade and celebrations for his fiftieth birthday in April 1939 consciously sought to portray him not only as a ‘ statesman ’ , but also as ‘ the future military leader , taking muster of his armed forces ’ . |
| 18 | As for British politicians , Clinton has no match for his youthful vigour in John Major , 49 or Opposition leader John Smith , 54 . |
| 19 | Ivano has been more famous in recent years for his outspoken comments in the Tomo Cesen ‘ Lhotse South Face … |
| 20 | The story opens with Gael facing a libel suit for his latest novel in which he has unwittingly described the literary hack Howard Cutting . |
| 21 | Ottaway , who is stationed at Catterick and has two children , even wrote his first eight-hour assignment for his last course in the cargo hold of the Hercules as they flew out to the Gulf battle zone last year . |
| 22 | WAYNE McCullough turned up the heat again last night for his third victory in just over a month . |
| 23 | But Benn thrives on fear and any lack of respect for his Welsh opponent in his first defence of the crown at the Alexandra Palace tonight could prove disastrous . |
| 24 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 25 | So above all acknowledgments , I want to thank God for his inexpressible generosity in giving the Holy Spirit to us fallen human beings , to be to us both the means of grace and the hope of glory . |
| 26 | CLUBS trying to sign a player offer to pay inflated sums for his current property in a bid to bridge the gap in regional house prices . |
| 27 | Aldana , once one of Castro 's closest aides , had been stripped of overall responsibility for ideology , foreign policy and culture in September for his alleged involvement in a financial scandal [ see p. 39089 ] . |
| 28 | Although he never seems to have performed military service in person for Philip the Fair , he certainly did homage for his French lands in 1300 . |
| 29 | Kildare , which has been handed over to Paul by the Irish Government for his famous Hole in the Wall Gang charity . |
| 30 | As a general rule , the archbishop had sufficient political leverage to ensure success for his own monks in these disputes . |