Example sentences of "his [noun] [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 2 | Mr Fisher worked for several years at the Squilver Quarry as office manager , and in his retirement served for a lengthy period as Hon. |
| 3 | Unaccountably his features softened for a fleeting second . |
| 4 | his mate says it 's his birthday and his dad paid for a recording session somewhere . |
| 5 | His father was an engineer and his mother worked for a minor official in the Ministry of Post and Communications . |