Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] his [noun sg] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I pinch his pen for a minute ? |
| 2 | She soothed his brow for a little . |
| 3 | She watched his back for a moment . |
| 4 | Looking up at Trent , she searched his face for a resemblance . |
| 5 | She held his gaze for a moment ; . |
| 6 | He was " worldly minded " ( Hebrews 12:16–17 ) — " he sold his birthright for a single meal " . |
| 7 | He asked his Chairman for a private chat they retired to the gents and Gould who had no contract said he was finished . |
| 8 | He played against the touring Western Samoa and Italy sides that same season and it was not until 1989 that he got his chance for a full tenure for the Five Nations games . |
| 9 | He reported his search for a tapestry at Paris , to cover the walls of the chancel-lor 's hall at Westminster , but had not yet found one suitable . |
| 10 | He lifted his head for a moment to look at her . |
| 11 | He bewildered his audience for a moment , and then moved them , when he suddenly turned a political invective about government 's neglect of the environment into a lament that one of the sad losses was going to be the poetry of the countryside , the pastorals of a Vergil or a Theocritus . |
| 12 | His best season with the Palace was undoubtedly 1907–08 , during which he staked his claim for a full England cap and was England 's reserve against Scotland . |
| 13 | Police were called and he swapped his castle for a cell . |
| 14 | He reaffirmed his support for a Palestinian state and called on the Israeli government to enter into direct negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but also denounced the Arab economic boycott of Israel and said that he would press the European Communities ( EC ) to pass measures opposing it . |
| 15 | He shook his head for a second , trying to clear it . |
| 16 | He scratched his head for a moment , then inspected his nails . |
| 17 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 18 | During his speech he made no mention of Kuwait , although he repeated his call for a ceasefire , to be followed by US-Iraqi talks and inter-Arab dialogue . |
| 19 | It followed that punishments should be no harsher than was necessary to achieve reductivist ends by means of deterrence ; from this he derived his proposal for a tariff of fixed , certain penalties , proportionate to the offence but relatively mild by the standards of his own day . |
| 20 | He reached his hand for a bell , but Catherine 's voice checked him . |
| 21 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 22 | The following season , he carried his bat for a brilliant 215 not out against Lancashire at Old Trafford . |
| 23 | He closed his mind for a silent prayer , but his thoughts kept returning to the danger that he and the woman now faced . |
| 24 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |