Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may also have been a second such experience immediately prior to the Battle of Milvian Bridge , at which Constantine defeated his rival for the imperial throne . |
| 2 | NEWCASTLE 'S Paul Charters is hoping victory against lightweight world challenger Racheed Lawal in Denmark tonight will boost his bid for a European title challenge . |
| 3 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 4 | Armed with papers , his head filled with lists of stockholdings , production figures , statistics of pre- and post-war profits and losses , with preliminary architectural plans for the restoration , first , of the three houses in France , and ideas for those property holdings abroad , Edouard arranged to meet his brother for a week-long series of discussions . |
| 5 | Forget his disappointments , forget that he was unmarried , childless , forget his hunger for a loving mother , forget that he was ugly , freezing cold , in disgrace . |
| 6 | Bob Hodson phones the Wilton sales office on a Thursday and places his order for the following week . |
| 7 | Kim Bailey 's gelding , a promising runner-up to Remittance Man at Wincanton recently , booked his place for the big race with a satisfactory two mile gallop after racing at Newbury yesterday . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Mr Paul Tsongas , the former Massachusetts senator who suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination a month ago , hinted yesterday that he might re-enter the race if Mr Clinton did poorly in New York . |
| 9 | ‘ Listen ! ’ said the young man named Lawrence suddenly , and checked to strain his ears for the small , recurrent sound that had reached him . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's denoument will also turn out to be good for Edwards , who will be able to sell his stake for a good deal more than the £10m on offer . |
| 11 | Mr Yeltsin meanwhile sent a message to John Major expressing his gratitude for the Prime Minister 's support and understanding . |
| 12 | Simon was not reticent in expressing his dislike for the Jaguar-driving members who had previously snubbed him . |
| 13 | Mayor dropped his plans for the new committee and agreed to keep the Executive Board more fully informed of his actions in future . |
| 14 | As a captain with literary leanings , he 'll no doubt be saving his version for the eventual book of memoirs . |
| 15 | Sir Hugo Mallinger , to a limited extent , uses his property for the common good , not least in raising Daniel Deronda ; Grandcourt regards his inheritance as the means by which he can indulge his vices . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 17 | In 1216 it was Eustace who commanded the fleet which ferried Philip 's son , Louis , across to England when the latter mounted his bid for the English throne . |
| 18 | His best season with the Palace was undoubtedly 1907–08 , during which he staked his claim for a full England cap and was England 's reserve against Scotland . |
| 19 | At a meeting with Aleksandur Lilov in Sofia on Jan. 10 Annabel Markov secured his support for an official investigation . |
| 20 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 21 | Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head . |
| 22 | Any Charioteer may swap his bow for a long bow at a cost of +1 point . |
| 23 | General Nocenzi had offered his office for the young Prince 's use , and it was there , at the very top of the vast , three-hundred-level fortress , that he planned to meet the boy . |
| 24 | He again pledged his support for a one-off meeting of MPs . |
| 25 | But McAlpine reserved his fire for the young team . |
| 26 | Havelock Wilson who had , of course , been among those leaders to whom Larkin 's vituperation had been particularly directed , reserved his regrets for the oppressed people of Ireland whose cause had been so ill served by the " blunders and follies " of Larkin who " had such a splendid case , but made such a sorry mess of it , doing everything he ought not to have done and nothing that he ought to " and bringing , by his defeat , comfort to the Irish employers who had nothing good to be said for them at all . |
| 27 | On May 25 , during a visit to Moscow by President Mitterrand of France , President Gorbachev declared his preference for a unified German membership of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 28 | Unhappily , Daz Sumner showed his dislike for the big , unwelcoming track with his poorest return of the season , while Mark Lemon 's lack of form continued . |
| 29 | Gorbachev himself , visiting France on Oct. 28-29 [ see also p. 37789 ] , renewed his appeal for an inter-Arab conference , although in Egypt President Mubarak made clear the view that there was currently no basis for such a meeting . |
| 30 | MacArthur stated his affection for the British people , recalling that his grandfather had come from Scotland . |