Example sentences of "for his [adj] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kildare , which has been handed over to Paul by the Irish Government for his famous Hole in the Wall Gang charity . |
| 2 | Connery , who won an Oscar four years ago for his hard-hit-ting role in The Untouchables , is now shooting the thriller Rising Sun in Los Angeles . |
| 3 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 4 | After two laps Grandon fell back slightly leaving Lyons and Murray to forge ahead with Murray seeming set for his first victory in the province . |
| 5 | Kempton usually rode the horse himself ( and had done so ) three weeks before the Liverpool race when Foinavon was last in the Cheltenham Gold Cup — at 500–1 — behind Woodland Venture ) , but his normal riding weight of ten stone ten pounds was way above Foinavon 's Grand National mark of ten stone , and so John Buckingham was engaged for his first ride in the great Liverpool race . |
| 6 | Dylan upset his traditionalist fans by adding electronic backing for his new tour in the wake of the weird and wonderful sounds being emitted by two underground bands called Pink Floyd and Soft Machine . |
| 7 | Henley rower , Steve Redgrave has been honoured for his outstanding achievement in the sport . |
| 8 | The outgoing Lord Mayor , Ulster Unionist Herbert Ditty was today fighting for his political survival in the Court area where counting was still under way . |
| 9 | Anthony John Allen , aged 23 , of Huyton , Liverpool , was cleared by the appeal judges , along with William Willis , aged 23 , who had been given an 11-year sentence for his alleged part in the attack three years ago on a Southampton publican , his wife , and a barmaid . |
| 10 | His successor , President Endara , says he wants him extradited to Panama for his alleged part in the 1985 beheading of the politician Hugo Spadafora . |
| 11 | Colin , 22 , of Hamilton Road , Stockton , Cleveland was beaten up by fellow prisoners after he was imprisoned for his alleged part in the stabbing of 94-year-old Stockton pensioner Kate Simpson . |
| 12 | Gaitán was wanted by the authorities for his alleged involvement in the assassination of nine Army officers who had attempted a coup on Oct. 3 1989 [ see p. 36971 ] . |
| 13 | The sister of Derek Bentley , executed for his alleged role in the killing of a policeman forty years ago , has been given leave to take court action to secure a posthumous pardon . |
| 14 | Almost immediately Niall was waylaid , and involuntarily she found herself searching for his dark head in the crowd . |
| 15 | Piffetti is noted for his technical perfection in the application of complex marquetry of ivory ( sometimes carved in three-dimensional relief ) , mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell to furniture with elaborate forms . |
| 16 | Widely known for the large painted steel sculptures which brighten plazas and lobbies throughout the United States , and for his regular appearances in the New York salerooms , he is surprisingly unfamiliar in a London context and has not been treated to a museum exhibition in this country since the Tate Gallery 's survey of 1962 . |
| 17 | Jones is in the dock for his controversial comments in the football video , ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |
| 18 | Mrs Levine argues with some conviction and at great length that the break-up of Asquith 's romance with Venetia was centrally shattering to the prime minister , was directly responsible for his flaccid performance in the contemporaneous creation of the 1915 Coalition , and indirectly led to the decline of his grip and power and to the end of the Liberal party as a governing force . |
| 19 | Many there were for executing this weak nephew of their late King there and then ; but Moray , who was his kinsman , pleaded for his life with the Regent , and promised to stand surety for his better behaviour in the future . |
| 20 | A kiss on the head and she was off , leaving him the more deprived for his brief spell in the full sunny glow of her attention . |
| 21 | The year belonged to Keke Rosberg at Williams — though Ferrari 's Didier Pironi might well have won the championship had it not been for his grave accident in the rain at Hockenheim . |
| 22 | He was initially a good provider and noted for his smart clothes in the post-depression days . |
| 23 | Ward , 53 , had maintained throughout that the money had been a legitimate success fee for his vital role in the bitterly-fought takeover bid . |
| 24 | He died aged eighty-three having been awarded an OBE for his indefatigable labours in the service of the deaf . |
| 25 | His ambition , of course , is to challenge for his old place in the second row of the Irish scrum . |
| 26 | SIGNED AND ACKNOWLEDGED by the above-named MARIUS STEEN the Testator as and for his LAST WILL in the presence of us both present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses : William Bartlemas Keanophile Kevin O'Rourke Macreadophile |
| 27 | Ottaway , who is stationed at Catterick and has two children , even wrote his first eight-hour assignment for his last course in the cargo hold of the Hercules as they flew out to the Gulf battle zone last year . |
| 28 | Likewise Granton where the Duke of Buccleuch had constructed the harbour for his own needs in the mid 19th century . |
| 29 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |
| 30 | This potentially dry subject is illustrated with an extraordinary wealth of anecdotal detail , doing for cricket what Leo Rosten did for his native language in the fabled Joys of Yiddish . |