Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun prp] for his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience heard Paisley denounce Soper for his blaspheming , the Methodist Church for not opposing them , and the government for misusing the law to punish legal protest . |
| 2 | Manager Malcolm Crosby praised Butcher for his bravery . |
| 3 | Dauntless blamed Implexion for his circumstances . |
| 4 | Nobody in the SDLP criticised Currie for his espousal of Thatcherism or for the fact that he stood against and defeated a Labour candidate to get into the Dail . |
| 5 | Lawrence praised Davenport for his goal but was critical of his defence . |
| 6 | Then , and in a New Year message to the Soviet people , Thatcher praised Gorbachev for his role in the democratization of Eastern Europe . |
| 7 | Bukharin mocked Preobrazhensky for his attempt to define a ‘ pure law ’ for the working of the state economy in such a transition period , by abstracting from its relations with the private sector , i.e. by examining the state sector in isolation . |
| 8 | Streat asked MacArthur for his views on trade with China to which the general replied that an increase in trade between Japan and mainland China would not occur immediately but that he was convinced that this could occur within the next four or five years . |
| 9 | Sam Gristy , it was learnt , was to be his partner in the venture , though why that was so no one could make out , as the two men had hardly spoken three words together since the day Gristy won Martha for his wife . |
| 10 | On the one hand , Carl despised Sam for his uncouthness and vulgarity ; yet Carl on the other hand was profoundly intolerant of poor Etty . |
| 11 | In his second year at the College Jack Smith had Minton for his tutor and was impressed by the way he took pains to find out a student 's intentions . |