Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] his [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
| 2 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 3 | It was probable that he had not , and best in any case not to go near ; soon he would miss her , want her back , and perhaps give his permission for the marriage despite all he had said to the contrary . |
| 4 | Trent could no longer contain his loathing for the Latino . |
| 5 | In addition , Anderson appears even more impolite when replying to the chairman because he appears not to be upholding the Co-operative Principle either , thus implicating his antipathy for the Colloquium . |
| 6 | Falkenhayn wavered , finally gave his permission for the new attack , and even allocated a fresh division for it . |
| 7 | Nigel Short , who is taking a break in Greece , has already expressed his support for the contest 's being held in Manchester . |
| 8 | Richmond said McHale was already planning his side for the next campaign . |
| 9 | Enrile eventually withdrew his bid for the candidacy , but the party remained deeply divided with both Laurel and Cojuangco claiming that their candidacies represented the " real " NP . |
| 10 | Bush formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Feb. 12 — he had already spent several days informally campaigning in New Hampshire in January — to a cheering crowd of supporters in Washington DC . |
| 11 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
| 12 | MR JOHN SMITH , the Shadow Chancellor , formally launched his campaign for the Labour leadership yesterday with a cautious pledge to examine the role of the trade union block vote in the party 's affairs and to keep open the options for electoral reform . |
| 13 | At 16 years and two months , the Redcar-born Jarvis was the youngest player ever to make his debut for the once all-powerful county . |
| 14 | Shamrocks coach Peter Murphy has also named his panel for the series , and it includes eight Ulster players — three from Queen 's , two each from Banbridge and Cookstown , and one from Lisnagarvey . |
| 15 | But he also expressed his concern for the future of Scottish athletics : ‘ It 's pathetic really — there 's no second tier of world class athletes after Tom , Yvonne , Liz ( McColgan ) and Tom Hanlon . |
| 16 | In his inaugural address on taking office in January 1991 President Serrano credited the previous President , Vincio Cerezo Arévalo , with promoting national peace talks to end 30 years of civil war [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] but also blamed his administration for the current economic crisis and social unrest and for the country 's lack of international credibility due to widespread corruption and human rights violations . |
| 17 | We have also followed his preparations for the world title bout with Karpov , some of us , it must be confessed , with a certain amount of incredulity , since , however much these world championship matches are now dependent on stamina rather than brilliance , it has struck more than a few people that a chess player is not a footballer , in particular a fifty-year-old self-exiled Russian Grandmaster is not a footballer , and that to think that by training like one he will become as fit is not only an illusion , it is a dangerous illusion . |
| 18 | Having openly expressed his dissatisfaction for the present lacklustre state of guitar music , does n't Alex seem suprised that young people still look towards the guitar for their musical kicks ? |
| 19 | The Council accepted the report , amending one sentence to-read : ‘ For reasons which are apparent from the rest of this report the Visiting Party could not feel assured that the Director was fully and properly exercising his responsibility for the ‘ internal organisation and management and discipline of the Polytechnic ’ , in accordance with the Articles of Government' . |
| 20 | If ever this man needed to deceive , she thought , dismayed , he might as well bare his neck for the axe , for he could not save himself . |
| 21 | He is splendid company though you must know him well to have his trust for the scars of rebuke when called a traitor for playing in South Africa a decade ago remain etched on his character . |
| 22 | He is splendid company though you must know him well to have his trust for the scars of rebuke when called a traitor for playing in South Africa a decade ago remain etched on his character . |
| 23 | Michael Whitaker brought Henderson Curtis here to test his potential for the World Cup final on April 15–19 and after the grey had four fences down , decided against going . |
| 24 | Deftly , he cut four thick slices from the granary loaf , then began his search for the cheese . |
| 25 | He says he tries hard to keep his weekends for the family ! |
| 26 | He made his worst start for years , found himself jammed in fourth place and then thought his race for the title might be over when a warning light flickered in the cockpit of the 200mph Renault-Williams . |
| 27 | He waited until it was nearly too late , and then set his alarm for the old confident time of the morning and rang up his agent to tell him to say yes . |
| 28 | It now remained to find the general somewhere to lay his head for the night . |
| 29 | On Sept. 14 Compaoré officially announced his candidacy for the presidential elections , having resigned from the army in accordance with the new Constitution which barred the military from office . |
| 30 | Cliff Morgan , a marvellously tricky Welsh stand-off half , became a pal late in Richard 's life and told me ‘ there was no doubting his passion for the game . |