Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 2 | The boy was going to the boxroom and was clearly excited at possessing a room of his own for the first time . |
| 3 | And the issue was still very much alive , for here beside him , listening alertly and with a dry little smile , was the earl of Leicester , who , whether in earnest or in mischief , was urging a plea of his own for the same prize . |
| 4 | A long ways away from his 20 for the past four seasons with Sheff . |
| 5 | When they first interviewed Sykes , on Monday this is , he told them he was staying at a cottage in the Lake District entirely on his own for the first two and a half weeks in September . |