Example sentences of "have [verb] his [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was published in America in 1974 , translated by Peter Kussi , who has revised his translation for the new edition of 1986 which I am discussing here . |
| 2 | If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter . |
| 3 | FORMER England captain Terry Butcher has won his fight for a football future at Sunderland . |
| 4 | Essex Middleton cup manager Norman Groves has selected his side for the second trial match against Berkshire Under-35s to be played at the Esso BC , Abingdon , on Sunday morning . |
| 5 | His acknowledgement is thoroughly deserved considering how the ex-Arsenal and Coventry boss has transferred his passion for the game into a Chelsea side , which is a delightful mixture of kids like Eddie Newton and Frank Sinclair and mature professionals such as Andy Townsend and Mick Harford . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister has shown his support for the Heritage Minister , David Mellor , in spite of recent reports about his private life . |
| 7 | Andrew Castle , now retired from the ATP tour , has replaced his racket for a broadcaster 's microphone . |
| 8 | COMEDIAN Griff Rhys-Jones has pledged his support for a £200,000 appeal to improve a new nature reserve on the banks of the Stour estuary . |
| 9 | LABOUR candidate Paddy Cosgrove has pledged his support for a fight against opencast mining at Holywell on the edge of the constituency . |
| 10 | Andy Payton 's haul of six goals in four games has taken his tally for the season to 14 . |
| 11 | He believes that ScotRail 's 9 per cent increase in revenue over the past year has strengthened his case for a buy-out . |
| 12 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 13 | He 'd read up about George Joseph Smith , he said , after he 'd got his idea for a show . |
| 14 | But the organisational nightmare and sundry fall-out fade into insignificance next to Hendrix , though he 'd ditched his experience for a conglomerate called The Gypsy Sun And Rainbows Band , Hendrix was n't really looking to flesh out his playing . |
| 15 | Mr Aichi had had to withdraw his candidature for the governorship of Miyagi prefecture when it was revealed that he had been on the take . |
| 16 | The Spectator article secured him an invitation to Hampton Court and , having offered his specification for the repair work , he was duly hired . |
| 17 | Having shown his concern for the problems of multinational capital , Barry then laid it on the line for the Cork objectors : ‘ These objectors must accept that the public and voluntary bodies involved in scrutinizing polluting industries are genuinely concerned and responsible . ’ |
| 18 | If he 'd told your mum he was fat and 48 with a failed marriage behind him , she might have binned his request for a meeting . |
| 19 | The door closed and she was probably back at her desk before Jenkins moved , having abandoned his search for a good come-back . |
| 20 | occasionally one feels , as a teacher , rather like a soccer referee who , having blown his whistle for the kick-off , finds the players disconcertingly reluctant to make a move and is reduced to dribbling the ball himself furiously from end to end , scoring brilliant goals in undefended nets , while the motionless players look curiously on . |
| 21 | He is said to have affirmed his support for the new fourth clause of the coronation oath at this time . |
| 22 | The Grand Bazaar on 19th–21st November 1891 realised over £6,000 — much more than Agnew had hoped for , and by the end of 1892 , Agnew had met his target for the Building Fund , and work commenced on the new Institute . |
| 23 | On Jan. 2 the body of 17-year-old Andrés Arturo Gutiérrez Maya , who had confessed his responsibility for the March 1990 murder of Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa , the presidential candidate of the left-wing Patriotic Union party ( UP ) [ see p. 37312 ] , was found , along with that of his father , in an abandoned car in Medellín . |
| 24 | On the day after the Cease Fire he had been granted an audience with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and he had argued his case for the revitalisation of his dream . |
| 25 | General Nocenzi had offered his office for the young Prince 's use , and it was there , at the very top of the vast , three-hundred-level fortress , that he planned to meet the boy . |
| 26 | The court held that the Minister had acted ultra vires in that he had used his power for an improper purpose . |
| 27 | By early evening the company second in command had exchanged his helicopter for a Land-Rover , and was out visiting the platoons in their trenches again , before returning to barracks to brief the part-time soldiers who were taking over the mobile patrolling tasks for the night . |
| 28 | Recalling what he knew of the ardours and achievements of Freeborn 's forty odd years in the Forensic Science Service , the difficult war years , the delayed retirement , the last five years when he had exchanged his directorship for the frustrations of bureaucracy , Dalgliesh said : |
| 29 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the haulier had to endorse his receipt for the electronic goods ‘ items under order number 7532 missing ’ . |