Example sentences of "his [noun] [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strategy devised from this included setting out his shopping list for a post-election pact so far in advance that the Liberal Democrats would not get the blame if a deal fails to materialise , and a second election is forced . |
| 2 | Why does n't this poor excuse for a human being stick his head back in his colostomy bag for a good feed and give us real music fans a bit of a rest ? |
| 3 | Why does n't this poor excuse for a human being stick his head back in his colostomy bag for a good feed and give us real music fans a bit of a rest ? |
| 4 | DAVID SPEEDIE has boosted Birmingham by extending his loan spell for a third month . |
| 5 | But with energy to spare she would dearly have liked to go with him and his dog Azor for a good long walk . |
| 6 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |
| 7 | ( Perhaps he mistook the seven on his DME indicator for a three ? ) |
| 8 | Andrew Martinez , 19 , arrived in his birthday suit for a disciplinary meeting at the University of California , Berkeley — as a protest against what he claims is society 's ‘ repression ’ . |
| 9 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |