Example sentences of "his [noun sg] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been in the ‘ custody ’ of psychiatric nurses but after his trial was adjourned for the day , he gave them the slip . |
| 2 | ‘ Some people are saying that his body was substituted for the Scapegoat on Saturday night . ’ |
| 3 | Later , when schoolboy Alex Choudury , nine , presented Naina with a painting , her spontaneous kiss on his cheek was repeated for the cameras . |
| 4 | His method was to look for a regular solution of the field equations in region IV , and then to obtain the global solution simply by requiring that the metric coefficients be continuous across the boundaries . |
| 5 | His theory was developed for the purpose of giving an account of the way words have meanings , but it can easily be adapted to the task of representing the meanings of actions . |
| 6 | He paled , and flushed as richly again , and his composure was shaken for a moment ; but the small , testing smile in Isambard 's eyes straightened his shoulders and stiffened his back . |
| 7 | Whilst Harry 's replies were being vetted , his photo was taken for a false identity card , and his uniform and shoes exchanged for a civilian outfit . |
| 8 | His reign was noted for the corruption of Imperial officials , exorbitant taxes , and neglect of the Imperial army . |
| 9 | One year A tenant may only serve a request for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26 , if his tenancy was granted for a term of years certain exceeding one year or for a term of years certain and thereafter from year to year ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26(1) ) . |
| 10 | Inevitably , New Zealand duo Mark Thorpe and David Bargh led the way for Newcastle , the former reeling off a 15point maximum while his skipper was paid for the same total . |
| 11 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 12 | He was first sent to a strictly Protestant preparatory school in Cheam , then entered Eton in January 1862 , where his house was chosen for the ‘ staunch Protestant bias ’ of the cleric in charge . |
| 13 | Time and again one gets the impression that the lawyer is trying to persuade the court that anyone other than his client was to blame for the accident . |
| 14 | When he breathed out again his face was lost for a moment in the smoke . |