Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] his [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I pinch his pen for a minute ? |
| 2 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 3 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 4 | Wildly , I searched his body for the keys . |
| 5 | He was determined to become President in his own right , and he had a year in which to establish his fitness for the office . |
| 6 | Designer Daniel Andrieu was present as the concealing-sheet was whipped away amid a swirling cloud of smoke which hid his creation for a few choking seconds before we could see what had been achieved . |
| 7 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 8 | His father is a veterinary surgeon , and he himself assisted his father for a year or two and then became a groom . |
| 9 | She gave Changez a considerable backhander across his wobbling chops , which shut his mouth for a fortnight , during which he miserably carried his bruised jaw to his camp-bed — that raft in a storm — and did n't speak . |
| 10 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 11 | He thought it was an accusation but she met his eyes for a second : ‘ They 'll kill you , ’ she said . |
| 12 | She met his eyes for a long while , then nodded . |
| 13 | Eric , who sold his house for the venture , is the resident caretaker , and plans to turn the house into a base for fellow trainspotters are under way . |
| 14 | On the Glomar Challenger , and back on shore , Hall met others who shared his enthusiasm for the ocean floor . |
| 15 | Devoted to his wife , Julie , and a family who shared his passion for the Catholic Players , Michael was a well-known figure in the Amateur Theatre in Bradford , appearing in shows and concerts with the Society in a period of over 30 years , rarely missing an event . |
| 16 | Williams , who made his debut for the county as a teenager in 1974 , scored almost 12,000 runs and took nearly 400 wickets in his first-class career . |
| 17 | He was a printer who used his skill for the production of a remarkable flow of opinion-forming pamphlets , and a founding father of the United States . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She noticed his teeth for the first time : small and irregular , like pieces of gravel on a driveway , but sparkling white . |
| 20 | She soothed his brow for a little . |
| 21 | Unlike baby goslings which lock on to the first moving object in sight , the newborn baby will be relatively undiscriminating about who tends his needs for the first three or four months of life . |
| 22 | Baker travelled to Egypt on July 19 for talks with Mubarak , who expressed his support for the US plan , as did the visiting Lebanese Foreign Minister Faris Buwayz . |
| 23 | She watched his back for a moment . |
| 24 | Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road . |
| 25 | Even though she was making light of it , Charlie could n't mistake the fire that animated her when she reached his entries for the final night of Christine Ashdown 's brief career . |
| 26 | Kinzu , a Rhodesian Ridgeback , was the sort of dog who took his owners for a walk . |
| 27 | Looking up at Trent , she searched his face for a resemblance . |
| 28 | That was in The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit , whose title became a kind of cat-call at the conforming commuter who sacrificed his integrity for a safe income and suburban comfort . |
| 29 | She held his gaze for a moment ; . |
| 30 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |