Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Carlson did n't really like his daughter staying for hours at the Davis 's . |
| 2 | I mean Tina 's worried now , she 's got his mother coming for christmas for a fortnight . |
| 3 | Bus driver with a friendly charm is Britain 's best A bus driver thought he was in trouble when a stranger telephoned his manager asking for his name . |
| 4 | And in any case , if he recovered he 'd spend his life looking for Vecchi , if that party had muscled in on the black . |
| 5 | He unswung the machine-gun and sprayed the bullets into the trees , sending his hunters scattering for cover . |
| 6 | Chavez spent his life fighting for the migrant Latino labourers who toil in California 's dusty vineyards and lettuce fields . |
| 7 | He spent his time looking for a Jewish homeland that was not Palestine . |
| 8 | Bayern Munich , Tottenham , Aston Villa , Chelsea and Everton were all linked with Hughes — as Fergie spent his time searching for a new goal star . |
| 9 | competition , for remember , at that stage he will be hitting you not only with his carefully laid plan for the first phase of his attack , but also , without any doubt whatsoever , he will have his reinforcements grouping for a second and third attack . |
| 10 | ‘ I understand , ’ said Snizort , who had lived in a world where entire civilisations had been lost and who had spent his life searching for fragments of them . |
| 11 | It was the story of a Frenchman , who had spent his life searching for beauty and pleasure — pleasure of all kinds , both good and bad . |
| 12 | He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes . |
| 13 | Loughlin , out until Christmas , broke his arm playing for Great Britain against New South Wales Country , and Saints have been told that insurance does not cover players on international duty . |
| 14 | This was Mayall 's first Hollywood film and he should n't hold his breath waiting for a second chance . |
| 15 | The man with the sting made his living trawling for prawns , and fishing for mero , which he sold to the holiday village cafés , for a better price than he got from the locals . |
| 16 | ‘ You could be dead and you will certainly never play rugby again , ’ was one doctor 's diagnosis after Lumsden had broken his neck playing for Bath . |
| 17 | Right Colin Francome enlivened the Millbank stand by donning a pair of stilts and doing a spot of juggling to promote his book Juggling for All |
| 18 | The conference supported his motion calling for regional and district councils to be retained in the Highlands . |
| 19 | Invariably the butt of the family joker , he leaves his wife clamouring for an image maker for a husband . |
| 20 | Allen held his breath waiting for what she would say . |