Example sentences of "be [verb] his [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sir , we have been seeking his permission for a long time ; he will not give it . |
| 2 | Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity . |
| 3 | Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity . |
| 4 | He 's been running his shop for the past 30 years , selling everything from garters to saddles ! |
| 5 | Thus it was that his greatest hurdle to date had been asking his lordship for a job . |
| 6 | ( John draws deeply on his joint and seems to be gathering his strength for an onslaught . |
| 7 | Oxford United will be announcing their new manager in the morning — we 'll be revealing his name for the first time , tonight on Central News . |
| 8 | As a captain with literary leanings , he 'll no doubt be saving his version for the eventual book of memoirs . |
| 9 | On Tuesday in Strasbourg he will be renewing his calls for a crackdown on EC agricultural fraud . |
| 10 | By early November however , as the Dublin lock-out attacks against leaders of the trade unions and the Labour Party who seemed to be obstructing his plans for a general strike , not only in Dublin , but throughout Great Britain , vilifying them as " serpents whom I shall allow to raise their foul heads and spit out their poison no longer " and as having " neither soul to be saved nor body to be kicked " Almost overnight , support for Larkin turned into denunciation of his reckless methods and of his policy of attempting to bleed British unions of funds in support of sympathy strikes which seemed destined either to fail or to lead to unwanted revolution . |
| 11 | I got a letter from Lee saying I 'd be carrying his bag for the 1968 Alcan at Birkdale and for the World Matchplay . |
| 12 | Intelligence Agency , if he had been twiddling his thumbs for a week , he might just have been a little determined himself . |
| 13 | Bernard Jacobson , who is celebrating twenty-five years of activity , is devoting his programme for an entire calendar year to exhibitions of historic and modern British landscape painting . |
| 14 | Thus , although it has been stated that there are practically no high kicks in kung fu , the practitioner who emulates the crane is training his legs for the highest possible kicks . |
| 15 | In the story , Jim Corbett is describing his hunt for the Chowgarh tigress who killed at least 64 human beings between 1925 and 1930 before their first and last meeting took place . |
| 16 | HOW apt that party-changing Dr David Owen is to do his bit for the Tories now — having been sent to Serbia by the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Next year , he 's hoping his idea for a bop of the hops will strike a better note with the council . |
| 18 | But Gary was keeping his predictions for the gilt market restrained . |
| 19 | Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head . |
| 20 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 21 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 22 | More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect . |
| 23 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 24 | President Bush , under a drizzle of criticism , was finding his nominee for the CIA directorship , Robert M Gates , was so implicated in earlier bits of skulduggery as to be a tough item to sell . |