Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Whilst at 1 SFTS on Harvards my instructor brought along his spaniel for a ride on cross-country exercises ! |
| 9 | Looking over his shoulder for a second to be sure of his footing , he backed into the water , dragging Carey after him . |
| 10 | The Annamese glanced over his shoulder for a moment to see if they were overheard . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has also gratefully accepted Athena 's help in recruiting staff and handed over his payroll for the company to process . |
| 13 | And , that being the case , she supposed she just had to hope that , having been insulted so thoroughly , Count Romano de Sciorto would renege on his promise to Mother , and strike her off his guest-list for the whole duration of her stay in Malta … |
| 14 | He is shown taking off his armour for the pathetic reason that he is not ‘ master of his heart ’ . |
| 15 | Success Sunderland are adopting the same formation that brought Ipswich success in the 70s , and the results have been encouraging enough to persuade the 37-year-old boss to call off his search for a midfield playmaker . |
| 16 | He stood , at least , for honesty in sexual dealings : hence his preference for the prostitute over the grisette . |
| 17 | Hence his proposal for a competition to describe the significance of the Higgs boson — a target of the next generation of accelerators such as the proposed Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva and Superconducting Super Collider under construction in Texas . |
| 18 | The visit to Scotland , which reinforced both his affection for the beauty of that country and his interest in her history ( for he was always attached to small countries or communities which had clung to their traditions ) had produced the poem ‘ Rannoch , by Glencoe ’ , published in the New English Weekly , 17 October 1935 . |
| 19 | In another year , at almost any other time , Adam would have touched his father or more probably his mother for a loan , but in June 1976 his father was barely speaking to him , and his mother would have been scared to go against her husband . |
| 20 | This approach , putting the music first , explains why Jarvefelt 's career blossomed at Santa Fe and in Sydney and also his appeal for the New York Met : operatic naturalism and story-telling are still the predominant aesthetic in all these places . |
| 21 | For good measure , he compared a litigant to a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones . |
| 22 | He will not give up his quest for a full cap . ’ |
| 23 | When the King left London in 1642 to travel north and set up his standard for the Civil War , he visited Little Gidding , together with Prince Rupert and Prince Charles . |
| 24 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 25 | The themes centred around the lone legionnaire who has given up his past for the Legion , yet still longs for his former life and forgotten loves , his home and his happiness . |
| 26 | This was the point at which he drew up his application for the Mandan Foundation grant . |
| 27 | While I wondered about his motives , he stoked up his contempt for the whole Jewish race , which had not had the decency to get itself wiped out , as rumoured . |
| 28 | Marek eyed them up his nose for a moment , breathed in and recited two verses , his head flung back , his eyes damp . |
| 29 | Zen suddenly understood that Bartocci had some move in mind , something which he was keeping up his sleeve for the moment . |
| 30 | Woosnam , who needs to do well in Hamburg to build up his confidence for the U.S Open next week , has brought only two putters with him this week , although he says he has 30 more in his garage . |