Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] his [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he he got he got my hand for five seconds and then I I got I got his hand for ten something like that . |
| 2 | Can I pinch his pen for a minute ? |
| 3 | You 're saying that Tom and old Maggie Sullivan and I cut his throat for him ? ’ |
| 4 | I noticed his concern for me , and I know he was concerned , but that might have been there all along . |
| 5 | I done his bird for him : I think it 's what you call love or something ! |
| 6 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 7 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |
| 8 | I took his word for it and concentrated on enjoying the substance of Ino ( for Serafino ) Cosson 's offerings . |
| 9 | I took his word for it and we left , glad to be free of the ghastly place . |
| 10 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 11 | Wildly , I searched his body for the keys . |
| 12 | Every morning I thank his maker for that . ’ |
| 13 | The ones proving I wrote his poems for him ? |
| 14 | ‘ He has a very good team here and he would be better off letting them do his talking for him . ’ |
| 15 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 16 | His most enduring memory , which haunted his imagination for much of the inter-war period , was of his time as a nineteen-year-old officer in 1918 when he led an action to capture enemy trenches at Epehy . |
| 17 | He was determined to become President in his own right , and he had a year in which to establish his fitness for the office . |
| 18 | Mr Punch wishes to assure you that he has had many a good belly laugh from the magazine which bore his name for so many years . |
| 19 | But his explanation for the lie that cost him his job failed to convince an industrial tribunal which rejected his claim for unfair dismissal . |
| 20 | Designer Daniel Andrieu was present as the concealing-sheet was whipped away amid a swirling cloud of smoke which hid his creation for a few choking seconds before we could see what had been achieved . |
| 21 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 22 | His choice was blocked by the pro-government Unionist newspaper which paid his fine for him . |
| 23 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 24 | In 1870 he published Alpine Flowers for English Gardens and The Wild Garden , two books which began his campaign for hardy plants in mixed borders and more natural settings , in contrast to tender plants in the geometrical bedding then popular . |
| 25 | His father is a veterinary surgeon , and he himself assisted his father for a year or two and then became a groom . |
| 26 | She gave Changez a considerable backhander across his wobbling chops , which shut his mouth for a fortnight , during which he miserably carried his bruised jaw to his camp-bed — that raft in a storm — and did n't speak . |
| 27 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 28 | He received lengthy obituaries in the British press , which remembered his support for English artists such as Burra , Spencer , Moore , Bacon , Pasmore , Freud and Paolozzi . |
| 29 | Under Standing Order 19 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after Question Time , one member , selected by the Speaker on a first come , first served basis , has ten minutes in which to outline his proposal for legislation . |
| 30 | On 16 March 1992 Wright applied for an extension of time in which to renew his application for leave to appeal against conviction and the application was listed to be heard on the same day as Christou 's appeal . |