Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | For four years , Edouard lived for his work . |
| 2 | Rumour has it that last season their manager dressed a dozen tailor 's dummies in Aston Villa strips for his team to practise their passing and dribbling sills . |
| 3 | Two imposing items which arrived in Swanage were the prominent Wellington ‘ lock ’ tower at Peveril and the 17th century facade from the Mercers ' Hall in Cheapside which George Burt used for his new Town Hall . |
| 4 | John Tyzack provided for his comfortable retirement in Oxford by selling the business to Henderson Administration , the well-known investment trust . |
| 5 | A story of a man called Texaz looking for his woman and of a girl called Sabi looking for something else . |
| 6 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 7 | Andy prepares for his image make-over |
| 8 | Later , Schellenberg called for his Mercedes and they drove to the Tiergarten and walked around the lake , feet crunching in the light powdering of snow . |
| 9 | Patrick Molloy , 11 , added : ‘ I can tell you what my brother David chose for his dinner . |
| 10 | Pomiane chose for his career the study of biology , specialising in food chemistry and dietetics . |
| 11 | Stok reached for his riding breeches , buttoned himself into them , tucked his shirt in , then walked across to where I was sitting . |
| 12 | The whale 's new home is an enclosure in a children 's health cure resort at Laspi Bay , seven kilometres from the spot Mikhail Gorbachev chose for his presidential dacha in the Crimea , and 20 kilometres from the closed city of Sevastopol . |
| 13 | Barnett fumbled for his wallet . |
| 14 | During the first opium war ( 1840–2 ) , after Hong Kong was occupied by the British expedition , Matheson purchased for his firm the first plots of land offered for sale on the island . |
| 15 | Tirard apologised for his earlier opposition and , to prove his change of heart , made Eiffel an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur . |
| 16 | This alone will double the £3 million that 4ft 7in Macauley received for his starring role . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Butch Reynolds qualified for his first major international competition since serving a two-year suspension for steroid use at the US world indoor trials in Boston . |
| 18 | Christopher made for his favourite restaurant in his favourite town — Agen . |
| 19 | Greta fought for his rehabilitation . |
| 20 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 21 | The old warrior would have been flattered had he seen the care with which Washington prepared for his first visit . |
| 22 | The next day the Lapp arrived for his drink , but we had seen no evidence of a trail . |
| 23 | I immediately wrote to Colonel Sandford asking for his help in collecting my caravan , and he promised to do whatever he could . |
| 24 | Only two weeks ago , Hendry sent a plea to Roxburgh asking for his chance at the highest level . |
| 25 | Bourne reached for his copy of the case file and referred to the index . |
| 26 | Wickham reached for his jacket . |
| 27 | These images had what Alexander desired for his own work and did not have : authority . |
| 28 | This comes out well in The Short Guide to Electioneering , a pamphlet Quintus Cicero wrote for his brother , the Cicero , when he was standing for consul in 63 BC . |
| 29 | Cornelius ran for his life . |
| 30 | While Zen waited for his driver to arrive , his hosts tried politely to find out who he was and what he 'd been doing , but he remained deliberately vague . |