Example sentences of "[verb] his [adj] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sillars Stalker maintained his winning ways for Lynda Ramsden in the Tom Pepper Handicap Hurdle , accounting for hard-driven Coney Dove without Adrian Maguire moving a muscle . |
| 2 | He was able to sell the leaves for high prices , and people said he earned enough in one month to meet his annual needs for cash . |
| 3 | The anonymous donor of a very large sum to a very worthy cause has his own reasons for wishing to remain anonymous , which are unlikely to be discreditable . |
| 4 | As a special Mother 's Day treat , Bartjan is revealing his secret recipes for a delicious three-course meal to serve eight people : |
| 5 | A judge at the Old Bailey has been explaining his full reasons for stopping the trial of the three retired detectives who were accused of tampering with evidence in the case of the Birmingham Six . |
| 6 | He seemed to have resolved his sexual hang-ups for the time being and was content with his lonely existence . |
| 7 | When in turn these fantasies foundered on Christina 's subsequent defection to Rome and her successor 's preoccupation with challenging his Protestant neighbours for supremacy in the Baltic , Cromwell resorted to the popular policy of war against England 's traditional enemy , Spain . |
| 8 | Christo has cherished a vision of wrapping the Reichstag in military silver , flame-retardant fabric since 1971 , when he created his first studies for the project . |
| 9 | He was probably even now thanking his lucky stars for a narrow escape . |
| 10 | Carrick was superbly backed up by paceman Mark Robinson , who thoroughly deserved his best figures for Yorkshire of three for 34 . |
| 11 | Throughout history , man has always saved his best skills for the creation and protection of works of art — the objects and artifacts that are tangible proof of the intellectual , artistic and social life of our ancestors . |
| 12 | Webern was writing his Five Pieces for Orchestra , Prokofiev his Classical Symphony , Ives his Holidays Symphony , Falla his ballet El amor brujo , and Schoenberg his weird song Herzgewachse , with celeste , harmonium and harp accompaniment . |
| 13 | McGoldrick , a revelation as emergency sweeper for Palace in impressive wins over Liverpool and Leeds , would readily swap his wide duties for a permanent place at the back . |
| 14 | Maginnis would like to see Sir Patrick Mayhew fulfil his promise to give the talks ‘ direction and focus ’ by presenting his own ideas for the future . |
| 15 | For the first time in his career , John Harwood now has premises where the public can see his high standards for themselves . |
| 16 | Well , of course Jimmy 's got his own meals for the whole of his life more |
| 17 | To ask the Prime Minister to list his official engagements for Tuesday 5 November . |
| 18 | Southampton striker Kerry Dixon returns to Chelsea today to receive a presentation to mark his 191 goals for his old club . |
| 19 | He is creating a context which will help to justify his severe proposals for treating Irish resistance to the processes of civilisation ( proposals which include genocide ) . |
| 20 | Just as well Doohan gets his Nankai boots for free — they do n't last long |
| 21 | From the balcony he thanked his many friends for their support , and the Lord God for showing the jury his divine wisdom . |
| 22 | The " Islamist " leader Shaikh Abd al-Hamid Zaydani in mid-April 1990 challenged the YSP leadership to a televised debate , and was in turn challenged to publish his own proposals for unified state before such a debate took place . |
| 23 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 24 | And when Kennedy was shot , the ‘ psycho ’ Hoover botched the FBI investigation personally , ignoring evidence that there might have been more than a single gunman involved , sending agents to question the background of the Warren Commission 's staff , punishing his own agents for failing to spot Oswald 's violent nature . |
| 25 | Now that the PM was on his Scottish sickbed , George was a near-flat battery , hoarding his last sparks for really crucial issues . |
| 26 | His chosen career restricted his subsequent appearances for Somerset to 33 matches between 1956 and 1960 . |
| 27 | A wine-breath intellectualism hangs over the sturdy little comedy of the captain who has found his own words for declaring God to be the ground of his being . |
| 28 | He has ruthlessly pruned his original plans for a quick dash to the top . |
| 29 | Johns does , however , have his own suggestions for suitable , or indeed unsuitable , sponsorship . |
| 30 | He finds his own words for the mood in a letter to Helen on 6 May '98 : ‘ I am glad my unkind letter allowed you nevertheless to write me so sweet a reply , and besides , to be so sweet tempered , and , as I hope , unhurt save for a moment . |