Example sentences of "his [noun pl] for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In his diary , he wrote that he had frequently tried to cross-examine Wilson on his plans for overthrowing the government of Ian Smith . |
| 2 | Even as heir-apparent , he had been in correspondence with Louis XVI of France concerning his plans for reorganising the army , and the overthrow of the French monarchy in the year of his accession , 1789 , did not diminish his enthusiasm for learning from the west . |
| 3 | And his plans for deregulating the economy continue whilst US aid to Pakistan has already been cut by 2/3 last October . |
| 4 | His own party has its doubts ; congressional Democrats may not accept his plans for cutting the deficit . |
| 5 | Since then , the fundamentalists have been waging a steady war on the government , at one point demanding the resignation of the Education Minister because of his plans for reforming the teaching of Islam in schools . |
| 6 | His reasons for using the guillotine in the past , which were appropriate at the time but are inappropriate now , were apparently that Labour legislation was very good and his guillotine motions showed the requisite democratic reticence . |
| 7 | One of his reasons for leaving the Navy had been his dislike of the social relations between officers and ratings — take three paces backwards and shout at them . |
| 8 | It made no fucking sense at all , but Plummer had his reasons for believing the information . |
| 9 | It was called " Reunion by Destruction " and in it Eliot set out his reasons for opposing the idea of uniting the Anglican , Presbyterian , Congregationalist and Methodist churches . |
| 10 | As this is the speech in which we see Cassius 's motives for killing Caesar , the other one I am looking at is Brutus 's soliloquy at the beginning of Act II scene I , giving his reasons for joining the conspiracy . |