Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't entirely his thirst for knowledge that had made him insist on driving north to Chanchán . |
| 2 | He 's a writer and a historian , and he 's growing his hair half-way down his back for his next one-man show . |
| 3 | This was on ‘ the night of the long knives ’ , when Macmillan dismissed seven of his Cabinet ( including Eccles ) and provoked the remark from Jeremy Thorpe : ‘ Greater love hath no man than this , that a man lay down his friends for his life . ’ |
| 4 | In fact , he may have already turned down his opportunity for advancement . |
| 5 | The unsuccessful hunter is met with marked coldness by the women , while the successful hunter flings down his kill for the women to prepare , and with studied indifference goes to lie down . |
| 6 | ‘ GREATER LOVE hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister , ’ a Cabinet minister said in Blackpool on hearing of the sacrifice made by Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 7 | Denis Healey Greater love hath no man than that he lays down his jokes for his Prime Minister . |
| 8 | As Bishop Winiata said , they were farewelling a legend — a man who got things done , a man who was prepared to lay down his life for his friends . |
| 9 | 1 John 3:16 tells us that we only know what love is because ‘ Jesus Christ laid down his life for us ’ . |
| 10 | This chapter aims at motivating godly praying in order that leaders will not be sloppy and selfish , but will be shepherds after the heart of Jesus the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep . |
| 11 | A FORMER British bobby is prepared to lay down his life for superstar Whitney Houston . |
| 12 | Ray Illingworth was surely not exaggerating when he said that Barrington ‘ laid down his life for cricket ’ . |
| 13 | I told her that at last I knew what really had happened to my father , her beloved husband , the man who had laid down his life for his country . |
| 14 | This principle of inclusive fitness is perhaps summed up by the answer reportedly given by the distinguished biologist J. B. S. Haldane when asked in a bar whether he would lay down his life for his brother . |
| 15 | After his talks with Mr Baker , Chancellor Kohl toned down his enthusiasm for moves toward German unity . |
| 16 | With Mr Yeltsin absent from the Grand Kremlin Palace , the Congress of People 's Deputies voted down his request for an extension of his emergency executive powers until December . |
| 17 | Washington turned down his request for a loan , so Castro speeded up his land reforms , began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba and , to the horror of the Americans , signed an economic agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Mr Brownlow walked up and down his room for several minutes , deep in thought . |
| 19 | They save their child benefit and draw it monthly to help buy big items , like new jeans bought after the DHSS turned down his application for a clothing grant , and to pay for driving lessons — he 's hoping to get a job as a driver . |
| 20 | A commercial bank had turned down his application for a loan because he could not provide collateral and besides , the money he needed was ‘ too small ’ . |
| 21 | He kept remarking on Jeremy 's resourcefulness : shreds of silver indicated that he had used his survival blanket , and he had also stuffed leaves down his trousers for insulation . |
| 22 | In Churchill 's speech in Zurich in 1946 he laid down his ideas for a ‘ kind of United States of Europe ’ : ‘ The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany . |
| 23 | That which he projects ahead of him as his ideal is merely his substitute for the lost narcissism of his childhood — the time when he was his own ideal . |
| 24 | ‘ We have only his word for that . ’ |
| 25 | The big Southampton striker does n't score enough for his country ; this was only his second for Northern Ireland — but it was Hughes tried a shot off the edge of the box , the ball cannoned off a Lithuanian defender and into the path of Dowie who rifled an unstoppable drive past Martin Kenas from 14 yards . |
| 26 | Beecher , safe in Brooklyn , began sending not only his prayers for the abolitionists but arms in boxes labelled Bibles . |
| 27 | Whilst at 1 SFTS on Harvards my instructor brought along his spaniel for a ride on cross-country exercises ! |
| 28 | ‘ I was hoping you could fill in his background for us , sir , ’ Bragg continued . |
| 29 | The police turned up at his home after midnight on the night Joanna went missing and searched the house from top to bottom , even taking away his clothes for tests . |
| 30 | These people were dangerous in their fury , and for a brief moment he knew the terror of the threat of physical attack , and he looked over his shoulder for an escape route . |