Example sentences of "he [adv] for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheap , but quite pretty , she thought , thanking him charmingly for his delightful gift . |
| 2 | If he was incapable and vomiting and so on , you 'd take him in for his own consideration . |
| 3 | The offering of such guidelines or suggestions does not in any way detract from the professional integrity of the teacher , who must then select what suits him best for his own purposes , but there will be few teachers who will have had the time or the imagination to think of all of them . |
| 4 | We thank him sincerely for his generous gesture in allowing this debate to take place . |
| 5 | Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment . |
| 6 | She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability . |
| 7 | When you take him out for his first walk on the lead , it is always nicer if an older dog accompanies you . |
| 8 | I hope that I shall not embarrass the Minister if I commend him again for his imaginative efforts and the time that he has spent abroad trying to develop inward investment . |
| 9 | She loved him neither for his even disposition or vast estate — for neither could he offer — and saw him through many tempestuous years of attempts to influence bands and musicians to the floaty sounds that have now met such brilliant commercial success . |