Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun pl] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He invited his clients to pay for the privilege of cutting his locks and raised £1,000 for the Chest Heart and Stroke Association . |
| 2 | He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 per cent rise in the dividend . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It may be that , in his desire to show how little support his findings give for the Blauner and Mallet theses about the determining influence of technology , Gallie underplays the role technology can play . |
| 5 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Tim White casts doubts on Kalb 's ability to discharge his undertakings to care for the material he had collected . |
| 8 | Switching off the torch , he pocketed it to leave his hands clear for handling his gun . |
| 9 | He unswung the machine-gun and sprayed the bullets into the trees , sending his hunters scattering for cover . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Brian would have his damages reduced for contributory negligence in riding with a driver who he knew was drunk and in failing to wear a seat belt . |
| 12 | Does Lee have his uprights made for him ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | About three weeks later , the King of Blefuscu sent his officials to ask for peace between the two countries . |
| 16 | Colin Stephens , the current Wales fly-half , took his points tally for the season into three figures with two penalties in the 11–11 draw at Pontypridd . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer , but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours . |
| 19 | He was n't a very good poet , I do n't think , but it was nice for him to see his poems printed for once . |
| 20 | He was soon bringing his skills to bear for his country , too , especially in Australia in 1986–7 . |
| 21 | They were all kind , all courteous and the Sheikh seemed delighted , ordering special fish and salads and making his sons translate for him . |
| 22 | But the Wimpey Homes Southampton regional director was happy to get his hands wet for a good cause . |
| 23 | Had his bags packed for him , and took his leave . |
| 24 | When Hughie was picked as the person to head the project he just about had his suitcases packed for Sarawak . |
| 25 | Rob Andrew has , as he himself admits , only recently begun to display his Wasps form for England — and this after 26 caps , an English record in the stand-off half position . |
| 26 | Maybe he should follow up Lenny Campion 's suggestion , have his eyes tested for strain . |
| 27 | For the same reasons we must regret that Posidonius did not try out on Rome that ethnographical style which makes his Celts live for ever — a model to the French nation for any past and future extravagance . |