Example sentences of "[verb] to his [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she did n't make a stand now he would expect her to jump to his bidding for the rest of the voyage . |
| 2 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 3 | The addition was believed to relate to his passion for the music of the 1960s protest singer . |
| 4 | He was educated at Dulwich College and was taught Greek there by A. C. Pearson [ q.v. ] who in 1921 was preferred to his pupil for the regius chair at Cambridge . |
| 5 | It should be something useful for setting up home , if only a rather expensive bottle-opener , possibly with other small mementoes of his favourite bachelor activities or sport such as golf balls , presented inside something amusing and clearly feminine but not in bad taste , such as a pair of stockings , with a blue garter for him to give to his bride for the wedding so that she can wear ‘ something borrowed , something blue , . |
| 6 | That led to his selection for the 1990 district championship in the North and Midlands side and also this season he has played twice for Scotland ‘ B ’ , scoring a try in each match . |
| 7 | The exceptionally high quality of his work and his strong interest in conservation and historic work practices led to his nomination for the Fellowship . |
| 8 | Er Mr has referred to his preference for the release of lots of small sites on the basis that erm they will be er Leeds residents would be less aware of them than if all the sites are collected together in the form of a new settlement . |
| 9 | Applying both trust and agency principles , the court concluded that an insider who traded on the basis of material nonpublic information was liable to account to his corporation for the profits . |
| 10 | Dexter was irritated by Blanche 's love of the difficult and complicated as opposed to his preference for the simple and straightforward . |