Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wake of Roe 's fourth place in last week 's Rome Masters , Chandler put such a sizeable bet on his charge that the bookmakers reduced his odds for this week from 40–1 to 20–1 . |
| 2 | The confirmation came within seconds , along with details of the Orders Group , at Which the Commanding Officer would give his instructions for this , the longest M2 bridge built by the regiment in recent years . |
| 3 | Corydoras expert DAVE SANDS chooses his favourites for this month 's gallery . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Adam rather admired his great-uncle for this . |
| 6 | In the 1976 Stevens Lecture , the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his support for this as a moral principle . |
| 7 | The silence was broken by the entrance of Edward Morris , he smiled at her warmly and she returned his smile for this was a generous customer , a rare being who had paid her in advance for her work . |
| 8 | As he compared the ‘ full rich life ’ of the old back-street cultures which he thought were being pitted and undermined by the ‘ canned entertainment and packeted provision ’ of the new pulp culture , Hoggart made no effort to disguise his contempt for this barren cultural wasteland — the pop songs , the crooners and the heart-throbs , the hairstyles and clothing , the espresso bars and milk bars which young people frequented , together with the ‘ sex in shiny packets ’ literature and the cacophony of juke-boxes and ‘ nickelodeons ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Women in the industry are not dissatisfied with such work ’ asserts Blauner , without giving his evidence for this statement : ‘ Work does not have the central importance and meaning in their lives that it does for men , since their most important roles are those of wives and mothers ’ . |
| 10 | The political can retain an ethical foundation : Levinas finds his example for this , unexpectedly , in Marx 's famous comment on idealist philosophers — that the point is not to describe the world but to change it : |
| 11 | He explains his situation to a mysterious guest , who promises to return his wife to him as long as he agrees to ask her no questions about where she has been ( Eliot later located his source for this in Alcestis , although that is really only of importance to him ) . |
| 12 | Thinking that the police were arresting the wrong man , he attempted to attract the arresting policeman 's attention , and seized his arm for this purpose , since he could not make himself heard over the hubbub . |
| 13 | Even so , Dalziel not missed a first team game since October and Saturday 's decisive strike against Kilmarnock took his tally for this year to seven as well as his total for the season to 30 . |
| 14 | The £600,000 defender , a former ski-jumper , was granted his international transfer certificate moments after Anfield manager Graeme Souness had announced his squad for this afternoon 's match — his 100th in charge . |
| 15 | Michael Heseltine offered his praise for this ‘ very lonely and courageous decision ’ . |
| 16 | Muni 's interest , however , would have come to nothing if there were not men at the studios who shared his enthusiasm for this potentially explosive subject . |
| 17 | Livesey is quite capable of looking after that particular angle , and no doubt he is sharpening his pencil for this purpose already . |
| 18 | On the day Brezhnev issued his proposals for this region in Delhi a Soviet statement condemned a speech by Brzezinski for setting forth ‘ a large-scale programme for the further buildup of the US military presence in the Persian Gulf ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Grob Mitzer , our friend , my closest friend , gave his life for this chance . |
| 20 | Aughfad is slipping down the weights but he showed a bit more sparkle at Newmarket last time and can underline his liking for this very sharp track in the Citroen Xantia Sprint Handicap . |
| 21 | Mark Kennedy , who 'd been accused by his manager of not working hard enough , earned his reward for this shot . |
| 22 | When he had started to prepare his notes for this occasion , he was overwhelmed by private memories : St Louis was the place of his birth , and Washington University itself owed its foundation to his grandfather ; and when in the lecture he spoke of the characteristics of a national literature , and American literature in particular , as " a strong local flavour combined with an unconscious universality " it is clear to what locale he belongs . |