Example sentences of "[pers pn] for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cherry berets dragged the bewildered old montagnard away with a brusqueness which inspired no confidence in me for his future prospects . |
| 2 | Each of them seeks to use me for his own ends . ’ |
| 3 | When Hanns wrote an article for the London magazine Ballet Today about South African achievements , he described it as having ‘ all the qualities which a good valentine should possess … the girls flit , skip and drift hither and thither in pairs or threes , giggle coyly and point with gloved hands , while the sentimental , romantic Pierrot searches among them for his true love . |
| 4 | Between 1853 and 1870 CD gave upwards of 500 public readings from his own works , mostly after 1858 when he began to give them for his own profit . |
| 5 | The husband had a right to dispose of them for his own benefit while he lived , and his wife had no power of disposition during that time , though , if she survived him , and they had not been disposed of , they would be hers again . |
| 6 | Quite apart from Faber business , he had to settle down and write prefaces for three books as well ( one of them for his own selection of Pounds literary essays ) . |
| 7 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 8 | Possibly he 'd reached the stage of being one who would merely use them for his own ends — especially his sex life . |
| 9 | Surprise Offer was running without blinkers and Hannon said : ‘ He 'll definitely wear them for his next race , the Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot . ’ |
| 10 | CHARLES CLIFFE needs little introduction having been known to you for his splendid writing and demonstrations . |
| 11 | The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations . |
| 12 | It is futile to sing to the Lord with enthusiasm , thank him for his personal love , make room for prophecy that is specific and heartwarming , hear the challenging exposition of the Bible if in the end the call is simply not obeyed . |
| 13 | Fran stiffened , glaring up at him , hating him for his cool self-assurance , but he ignored the look as his hands tightened painfully around her waist in a silent warning not to do anything silly , before he spoke again , louder this time for the benefit of their audience . |
| 14 | He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham . |
| 15 | Men love him for his hearty back-slapping and hand-shaking , for his habit of bear-hugging his male aides when things are going well . |
| 16 | For Binks was a plant collector , sending his finds to several eminent gentlemen in the Darlington area who paid him for his keen eyes and diligent legwork . |
| 17 | It was about a wife who 'd cheated on her husband , she 'd left him for his best friend , and now the man was on the road trying to mend his broken heart . |
| 18 | Anton though , as if waiting for this opening , Parker 's panic , caught him for his best bite yet , a chunk : with all of his teeth , his werewolf mouth , from high inside of a beefy thigh . |
| 19 | Billy Jones , a Spurs amateur centre-forward in the 1920s , remembers him for his clever ball control . |
| 20 | In an exchange of views in the weekly popular magazine Ogonek in November and December Kharchev accused officials from the CPSU and the State Security Committee ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti--KGB ) and Orthodox Church leaders of punishing him for his liberal stance on Soviet religious observance , and particularly on the status of the Uniate Church [ see below ] . |
| 21 | When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action . |
| 22 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 23 | I thanked him for his cheering thought and walked over to interrupt Barry who was involved with a small group of well-heeled tourists at the far end of the bar . |
| 24 | He moved on to build up quite a successful sub-post office , yet still people remember him for his first novel ’ |
| 25 | It was Alan 's wife who entered him for his first rally and he enjoyed it so much he decided to continue . |
| 26 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |
| 27 | Pieda , a powerful economic group , has attacked him for his crippling levy on whisky and says the excise tax policy on the famous tipple is ‘ against the national interest and discriminates against one of the UK 's top five exporters ’ . |
| 28 | The Spirit of the Lord , the ruach adonai passes to David to equip him for his princely service . |
| 29 | Markby thanked him for his prompt intervention and help . |
| 30 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |