Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A social worker at the centre of the pin-down scandal in Staffordshire has had his claim for unfair dismissal upheld by an industrial tribunal in Birmingham . |
| 32 | Benson declared his availability for this year 's Ireland matches and the Irish selectors deemed he should play for Munster , the weakest of the six inter-pro teams . |
| 33 | " Hanslick and others " had indeed found it difficult to place Wagner 's achievements , and furthermore Wagner 's own explicit interpretation of his ideal had in recent years been shifting in an enigmatic way that impelled his articulate young admirer to offer his own clarification : here was one of those " aesthetic problems " which had been occupying his mind for some time . |
| 34 | However , only two hours before last year 's Champion Hurdle , Flown , then a four-year-old , also showed his liking for these surroundings when winning the Supreme Novices ’ Hurdle . |
| 35 | Torrance was the winner at nearby Penina in 1982 and again the following year at Troia near Lisbon , and showed his liking for Portuguese courses by finishing fourth here at Vila Sol on the Algarve last year . |
| 36 | Very angry with me as he had not got his cheque for 82 for ex pupil 's tools . |
| 37 | Adam rather admired his great-uncle for this . |
| 38 | A KURDISH refugee who set fire to himself after being told his application for political asylum in Britain had failed has died , intensifying criticism of the Home Office 's handling of the Kurds ' plight , writes Mike Prestage . |
| 39 | FLINT TOWN UNITED manager Les Davies has made five significant signings to strengthen his squad for next season 's Konica League of Wales campaign . |
| 40 | They recall his taste for long walks of twenty to twenty-five miles in rural settings away from Battersea , his passion for fishing in ponds and canals , and his accurate enlightening knowledge of birds , trees , insects , and flowers . |
| 41 | Th the one that was so bad , where a man used his back for other people to escape by ? |
| 42 | He had used his car for these visits . |
| 43 | In 1876–7 he made his first visit to Japan and this confirmed his admiration for oriental design and inspired much of his best work , as well as a book , Japan : its Architecture , Art , and Art Manufactures ( 1882 ) . |
| 44 | The jazz scene confirmed his liking for youthful excitement and the importance that his student friends now had in his life is registered in a series of portraits . |
| 45 | John Reid took the honours on Captain Horatius , who confirmed his liking for soft ground by stretching away by four lengths from Half A Tick . |
| 46 | Mr Smith , who served in the Callaghan Cabinet in the late 1970s , reaffirmed his support for Scottish devolution and for constitutional reform , including the introduction of a Bill of Rights . |
| 47 | The 31-year old may well be named on Thursday when Taylor reveals his squad for next month 's World Cup qualifier against Norway . |
| 48 | Subsequently , however , under pressure from more radical mujaheddin groups , Mujjaddedi withdrew his support for Soviet-mujaheddin talks , and on Oct. 28 the Bakhtar Information Agency in Kabul announced that Borhanuddin Rabani , rather than Mujadedi , was to head a delegation of Afghan opposition groups to Moscow at the end of October or beginning of November . |
| 49 | BRITISH Telecom 's ‘ Mr Sickie ’ who took more than three years off with illnesses withdrew his claim for unfair dismissal yesterday . |
| 50 | Hendry resumes his bid for another title when he faces Ulsterman Joe Swail tonight for a place in Saturday 's semi-finals . |
| 51 | On March 21-22 Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel visited Brussels to press his case for closer Czechoslovak relations with the EC and NATO , the first such visit by a central or east European head of state . |
| 52 | Since Gadfly readers know his fondness for public transport perhaps there will be a substantial saving when it happens . |
| 53 | The Libyan leader , Gaddafi , expressed his support for Soviet proposals to safeguard international peace during a visit to Moscow in April 1981 . |
| 54 | In the 1976 Stevens Lecture , the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his support for this as a moral principle . |
| 55 | If that failed , the next move would probably be to a Federal penitentiary where a fight in the yard or a sudden bout of pneumonia would secure his silence for good . |
| 56 | But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day . |
| 57 | This time , the Daily Mail was reporting his conviction for armed robbery . |
| 58 | Describing the ANC plan as unrealistic , de Klerk on Nov. 26 released his timetable for future constitutional reform . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | The former New Zealand Test player , who has guided the club to a Lancashire Cup final win and two runners-up appearances in the Challenge Cup and Premiership finals , could not be persuaded to extend his stay for another season . |