Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron tried to hear his symphony , strained his ears for it . |
| 2 | In an attempt to defuse the protests Roh dismissed his Minister for Home Affairs , Ahn Eung Mo , on April 27 and replaced him with Lee Sang Yeon . |
| 3 | Mauve proposed his name for membership of the Pulchri Art Club , where Vincent could draw the models available without extra expense . |
| 4 | ‘ So I see , ’ I said nervously , watching as he smacked his lips for fire to stream from his mouth , the top of his head to fly upwards on a jet of steam or his eyes to turn into Catherine wheels . |
| 5 | Whereas Carl demonstrated his affection for Mum , Sam was more partial to Dad . |
| 6 | Pembroke was one of the ordainers of 1310 and his part in the death of Piers Gaveston hardly demonstrated his sympathy for Edward 's obsessive relationship with his favourite . |
| 7 | He first demonstrated his taste for going back to first principles as a student at Brown University in the late 1960s . |
| 8 | For two seasons Peter thoroughly demonstrated his value for us in pretty testing circumstances . |
| 9 | Joseph Chamberlain retained his preference for independence but allowed himself to be overruled by Austen and by the overwhelming wishes of the Liberal Unionist Council to merge . |
| 10 | If the meticulous Davis was the last player one would expect to lose in such a manner , the six-times Masters champion retained his reputation for sportsmanship by the grace with which he accepted the verdict . |
| 11 | Like other intellectuals of his time , such as Isaac Newton , he retained his enthusiasm for investigating curious phenomena . |
| 12 | And Goethe — although he retained his admiration for the Greeks , and not least for the three tragedians , right up to his death in 1832 — mostly looked in other directions for his inspiration after the unfinished drama Pandora of 1810 . |
| 13 | He was impressive in his Premier League debut against Nottingham Forest and retained his place for the 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 14 | Michael Dods replaced Appleson and retained his place for the plate match with New Zealand , for which , happily , there was some cloud cover from the blazing sun . |
| 15 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 16 | There may also have been a second such experience immediately prior to the Battle of Milvian Bridge , at which Constantine defeated his rival for the imperial throne . |
| 17 | William Joyce did the same , without such assistance , and entered his name for Battersea Polytechnic , where he proposed to study for the intermediate examination of the London University BSc degree . |
| 18 | The MI5 man paused for a moment to stroke his beard again and a hint of emotion , of disgust , entered his voice for the first time . |
| 19 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 20 | Following Bush 's victory , Atwater became chairman of the RNC and maintained his reputation for uncompromising aggression with a series of attacks upon Democrat leaders in Congress . |
| 21 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
| 22 | The MacMahon Act only reinforced his reasons for doing so . |
| 23 | A lengthy list of injury absentees at the weekend underlined his call for further new faces at the club ; youngsters Gary Paterson , Andy Dow , Neil McCann and Paul Ritchie receiving first team calls after Morten Wieghorst , Graham Rix , Jamie McGowan and Gary McKeown were forced to call off . |
| 24 | When young Scott Booth underlined his claim for a first full international start against the Germans on Wednesday by continuing his scoring form with Aberdeen 's second goal six minutes into the second half , things looked bleak for the hosts . |
| 25 | When Chapman called at Jack 's house for his consent , the player demanded various concessions and phoned his father for advice . |
| 26 | He reported his search for a tapestry at Paris , to cover the walls of the chancel-lor 's hall at Westminster , but had not yet found one suitable . |
| 27 | Jim Scott massaged his calf for a moment , then pushed open the driver 's side door of the Lancia and clambered out . |
| 28 | As he bent his knees for a closer look , a single spot of blood from his cut hand fell on to a wing ; shocking crimson on the pale surface , spreading into a crude blotch . |
| 29 | Cheers : Johan Egelstedt toasts his victory with Greville Janner , the local MP who championed his fight for equal status with female au pairs |
| 30 | Herbert caught his enthusiasm for the idea . |