Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody who has spent 40 years of his life working for the Scottish Transport Group would receive two thirds of his pensionable salary on retirement . |
| 2 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
| 3 | Roseau 's appeal to members of his association to vote for the Gaullists carried considerable weight . |
| 4 | The important points which emerge from this case are that the employer will be able to rely on this part of the duty of fidelity if it can be shown that the employee works for a trade competitor in his spare time and : ( a ) knows of business secrets which may be of use to the competitor and/or ( b ) occupies a position which makes it expedient to recognise the existence of his duty to work for the employer alone . |
| 5 | The Aston Villa centre half , now settled comfortably back in the Irish fold after the controversy of his failure to appear for the game in Albania three weeks ago , is a major figure in Charlton 's plans . |
| 6 | He issued the text of his decree calling for a nationwide vote of confidence , and it omitted any reference to the special powers he had claimed on Saturday during a televised address . |
| 7 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 8 | James was speaking at his home in Shepherds Bush , West London , as members of his family gathered for a celebration party . |
| 9 | In their world it is not the father of the bride who digs into his pocket to pay for the wedding . |
| 10 | He spoke to the waiter , and struggling into his coat made for the street door . |
| 11 | The first Creggan knew of the falling branch was the crack it made , loud and violent and cutting right into his chilly reverie as he huddled in his shelter preparing for the night . |
| 12 | Marshka had arrived late and now sat with Vashinov in his office waiting for the latest report . |
| 13 | Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon. |
| 14 | From then on he sat cowering in the corner beside his case praying for the journey to end and did not dare move , look down or even breath . |
| 15 | I stood outside his door listening for a long time ; there was n't a sound . |
| 16 | Not long afterwards she left the cabin , and Edward returned to his bunk to wait for the ship to sail , to take him back to Sweden . |
| 17 | Tukalo , as Selkirk captain , also had cause to reflect on his decision to opt for a tap penalty when the Soutars trailed 6-12 in the first-half . |
| 18 | My first memory is of falling off a rather high bed at the age of three years on the evening that my parents had moved into a house near the top of Hampstead Heath , and of my Father going off on his bicycle to search for a doctor as I had cut my head . |
| 19 | Special thanks too Gordon for sharing the whole weekend with us , and I ask you on his behalf to pray for the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |