Example sentences of "for his [adj] [noun] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sculptor mason now thought to have built it , Valentine Strong , whose building family owned stone quarries at nearby Little Barrington , will long be remembered for his witty epitaph in Fairford churchyard : |
| 2 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 3 | A Bosnian evacuee has opened a restaurant to help pay for his new start in Britain . |
| 4 | The 10,000 metres of film recording Hitler at the grandiose military parade and celebrations for his fiftieth birthday in April 1939 consciously sought to portray him not only as a ‘ statesman ’ , but also as ‘ the future military leader , taking muster of his armed forces ’ . |
| 5 | As for British politicians , Clinton has no match for his youthful vigour in John Major , 49 or Opposition leader John Smith , 54 . |
| 6 | The player was only a shadow of himself in Scotland 's first World Cup qualifying tie , blaming a surfeit of matches at club , European and international level for his unsatisfactory display in Berne . |
| 7 | His provision of seventy hides of land for Benedict 's new foundation in Wearmouth in 674 and a further forty hides for his parallel foundation in Jarrow in 681 associated him with the two houses , which were to become pre-eminent in Northumbrian monastic culture and scholarship . |
| 8 | But Haig , ever the optimist , intent on winning the war with the BEF , now had the opportunity for his long-cherished campaign in Flanders . |
| 9 | MICHAEL Jackson lay low in his hotel room preparing for his final concert in Taiwan today , while newspapers , consumer groups and politicians fumed at the superstar 's offstage shopping style . |
| 10 | Peach was best known for his geological fieldwork in Scotland with John Horne [ q.v. ] , |
| 11 | At the age of 29 , apart from a reputation for wild behaviour , Modigliani had little to show for his seven years in Paris . |
| 12 | For his fourth defence in June 1938 Lynch was six pounds overweight and he was stripped of his title . |
| 13 | In July Joshi relinquished the governorship of Meghalaya [ see above ] and in December he resigned as Governor of Assam in order to return to Rajasthan as Chief Minister [ see p. 37125 ; for his subsequent removal in March 1990 see p. 37246 ] . |
| 14 | Pierre Koffmann 's dishes reveal an abiding affection for his native Gascony in La Tante Claire . |
| 15 | John Tyzack provided for his comfortable retirement in Oxford by selling the business to Henderson Administration , the well-known investment trust . |
| 16 | For his next production in Britain he hopes to work with British actors at the National on a contemporary Japanese piece . |
| 17 | He was 56 years old and was heading for his magnificent home in Warwickshire , Kenilworth Castle . |