Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opening his mouth to cry for help , he — ! |
| 2 | He invited his clients to pay for the privilege of cutting his locks and raised £1,000 for the Chest Heart and Stroke Association . |
| 3 | Yet despite admitting that would love to play for New Zealand , and that he had no intention of using his Scottish connections when he first came to play in Britain , McIntosh fiercely defends his right to play for Scotland . |
| 4 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 5 | On the facts of Modupe the accused was guilty of inducing his creditors to wait for payment when he had obtained credit by stating that he owned property when he did not and by exaggerating his employment status . |
| 6 | This African talked of his own change of heart , his vision of God 's multi-racial world , of which Rhodesia is a part ; of how he himself had hated the whites , and had now shed his hate to work for what is right for all . |
| 7 | John Angus Macrae , a fireman at Stornoway Airport , told his wife to telephone for the fire brigade and he went to offer assistance . |
| 8 | The Department of Trade opposed his application to sue for damages . |
| 9 | At least one exceedingly wet Old Etonian baronet ( oh , all right then : Sir George Young ) has received a rude note from another even wetter Old Etonian baronet ( yes , you 're right : Sir Ian Gilmour ) deploring his decision to vote for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 10 | The General , scenting victor , turned his horse to search for the infantry Colonel who had refused to attack the bridge and whose military career was therefore finished . |
| 11 | Both could do worse than go back to Tony Crosland and update his ideas to allow for the issues of gender , race , environment , low growth and others of which he was ignorant . |
| 12 | On May 8 Martin Shikuku , interim secretary-general of the party , declared his intention to stand for the presidency . |
| 13 | Tim White casts doubts on Kalb 's ability to discharge his undertakings to care for the material he had collected . |
| 14 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 15 | He even expressed his willingness to act for the police in the future , if needed . |
| 16 | Occasionally the builder may raise minor maintenance problems to justify his failure to pay for work executed or to release retention . |
| 17 | Following a tremendous start to this term , the one-time journeyman has pronounced his determination to go for the title . |
| 18 | — and then find no way to put his knowledge to use for his people . |
| 19 | They are hatching a plan for Bruno to fight the new champion in China or London next spring , leaving Lewis to pursue his right to fight for the unified title through the American courts . |
| 20 | Nebot was handicapped even there , however , by the hostile campaign conducted by the right-wing populist Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz , eliminated in the first round , who urged his supporters to vote for Durán . |
| 21 | Many commentators interpreted his decision to run for the council as a means of preserving his extensive political machine while also providing a platform within the city government from which he could launch a future mayoral bid . |
| 22 | This runs freely at the end of the lyric composition as finally the speaker explicitly asserts his capacity to sing for love . |
| 23 | The commentators seemed to be saying that Deane did n't seem able to lift his feet to jump for a ball , again any comments ? |
| 24 | To economize , Chéron sent his wife to pose for Modi , but he was furious and sent the unfortunate lady upstairs . |
| 25 | About three weeks later , the King of Blefuscu sent his officials to ask for peace between the two countries . |
| 26 | Brother Luke has asked his congregation to pray for the Council to change its mind … other wise he could soon be in the doghouse over his coal house . |
| 27 | In order to show that a landlord is precluded from exercising his right to call for a rent review , the tenant must show that the lease or the rent review clause has been abrogated by mutual consent or that the landlord 's conduct has been such that he is estopped from exercising his right to a rent review ( Amherst v Walker ( James ) Goldsmith & Silversmith Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 1067 ) . |
| 28 | The first earl of Westmorland had married twice and had dismembered his patrimony to provide for his family by his second wife , Joan Beaufort , granting them the lordships of Middleham , Sheriff Hutton and Penrith . |
| 29 | The first earl of Westmorland had married twice and had dismembered his patrimony to provide for his family by his second wife , Joan Beaufort , granting them the lordships of Middleham , Sheriff Hutton and Penrith . |
| 30 | The young Berenson was a polymath , whose brilliant career at Harvard led his friends to pay for him to visit Europe to continue his studies . |