Example sentences of "[to-vb] his [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 2 | The blonde hostess leaned across him to re-charge his glass for the umpteenth time . |
| 3 | But it is almost certain Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence , who has plans to strengthen his squad for the Premier League next season , will want to hold onto Ripley . |
| 4 | This attitude also led him to express his distaste for the American-sponsored discussions on world trade , known as the Kennedy Round , that were currently being conducted within GATT : again , he suspected that they would produce a heightened American influence in Europe , something that would not be in Western Europe 's or France 's interests . |
| 5 | I wish to underline his support for the United Nations in the new world order that everyone talks so much about these days , and especially his comments about the British Council , the work of the council , and the BBC World Service . |
| 6 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 7 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 8 | Accordingly , the haulier had to endorse his receipt for the electronic goods ‘ items under order number 7532 missing ’ . |
| 9 | It is probably fanciful to cast Mrs Moore as Phaedra , or the P'daytabird as Theseus , but now Lewis was crossing the sea to see his father for the last time . |
| 10 | ‘ The direct cause of the Clapham Junction accident was undoubtedly the wiring errors made by Mr Hemingway , ’ the report says , adding : ‘ He has never sought to evade his reponsibility for the appalling consequences of his errors … not one word of excuse came from Mr Hemingway . ’ |
| 11 | I recently heard Alan Bennett talking about the humour in his plays and he said that he began to develop his ear for the ridiculous simply by listening to members of his family . |
| 12 | He had been running , running as hard as he could to break his record for the five miles . |
| 13 | Former Massachusetts senator Paul Tsongas , 50 , who abandoned politics in 1984 after being diagnosed as suffering from cancer , became the first person to declare his candidacy for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the 1992 presidential elections . |
| 14 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 15 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 16 | He opened his eyes and prepared to correct his daughter for the several hundredth occasion in their lives together . |
| 17 | In a very few appearances on the mini tour , he accrued sufficient money to gain his card for the 1991 Volvo Tour . |