Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] his [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mayor dropped his plans for the new committee and agreed to keep the Executive Board more fully informed of his actions in future . |
| 2 | Ste Barbe 's episcopal acta confirm his sympathy for the ethos of the Yorkshire monastic reform movement . |
| 3 | Clement wrote a pamphlet giving his reasons for the split and accusing Wilson of mismanagement , irresponsible militancy and the encouragement of foreign seamen into Britain , presumably because of his refusal to accept a rule which would debar them from membership . |
| 4 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 7 | On Jan. 10 Lewandowski told a Sejm committee assessing his candidacy for the post of Minister of Ownership Transformations that the performance of the share offer indicated that a different approach to privatization was needed , and he said that he favoured distributing to all Polish citizens free vouchers to be exchanged for shares . |
| 8 | Mr. Thornton submits that this passage supports his argument for the defendant in the instant case , but it seems to their Lordships that it is at best neutral . |
| 9 | Analysts were agreed that the demonstration was part of Cárdenas 's plan to build a popular anti-government campaign to boost his campaign for the presidency in 1994 . |
| 10 | The wife is the means through which a man transmits his lineage to his son ; she is often compared to a field in which her husband sows his seed for the continuation of his lineage . |
| 11 | Inconvenience — the trials are liable to require the teacher to distort his plans for the course in order to accommodate the new material when asked . |
| 12 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 13 | If the dispute is over the value of the security for the debt held by the creditor , the court may require the creditor to revalue his security for the purposes only of the demand . |
| 14 | How does the hon. Gentleman square his enthusiasm for the right of veto on that occasion with the decision of the leader of his party that he would give way at Maastricht on all the issues that are now being discussed ? |
| 15 | DEAN SAUNDERS last night pleaded his innocence for the challenge that may have put Paul Elliott out for the season . |
| 16 | Now , in the absence of team conductor Paul Gascoigne , Clough has a chance to stake his claim for the autumn World Cup climax … if Taylor survives at the home of the New England Patriots . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | THE most interesting race on the Wolverhampton programme today is the Hyacinth Handicap , in which recent acquisition One For The Pot makes his debut for the Mick Naughton stable . |
| 19 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 20 | The meal was organised around the char which had been caught that afternoon , and Hope was touched at the extravagant praise lobbed his way for the provision of the excellent fish . |
| 21 | Mr Hawke last week repeated his support for the airlines recruiting new pilots overseas and re-hiring their former pilots on individual contracts . |
| 22 | The Captain sent his Adjutant for the Sardinian file and then set about selecting a group of his most experienced men . |
| 23 | When a robber 's voice responds to the calling of the dog 's name , " " Oui , voirement sui je ci " " , " Yes , I am indeed here " , the astonished dog 's owner sends his son for the priest to witness this marvel . |
| 24 | Sitting back and taking it all in is another former hip hop dancer , Moet Lo , who lost his Wall Street messenger job when his firm discovered his penchant for the five-finger discount at Polo stores . |
| 25 | But today the man who wants to be next the Health Secretary did his bit for the local campaign . |
| 26 | Her happiness removed his doubts for the moment . |
| 27 | Similarly , the value of a reinvestigation could be weakened if , instead of co-operating , the suspect leaves his explanation for the trial , when not only can it not be investigated but when it could also cast doubt on the value of any re-investigation that has taken place . |
| 28 | He had no option now but to speak to his landlady in the morning about letting this homeless female have his bed for the night . |
| 29 | In one room Frank Gehry has designed an installation outlining his plans for the Bilbao museum , a series of soft-shouldered , interconnecting shapes arranged in a sort of artful pile . |
| 30 | The left-arm spinner made his debut for the Welsh county against Oxford University in The Parks . |