Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I met him he 'd just done his shopping for two weeks . |
| 2 | It is difficult to understand why the judges selected his design for second prize , as the assessors had rejected it by saying that it was ‘ Too expensive and involving too great a sacrifice of property ’ , and were supported by Brunel and Burn . |
| 3 | Already in the ‘ O magnum mysterium ’ of the 1587 volume of Concerti , he had revealed his penchant for festive passages in triple time . |
| 4 | Dario Gradi , Crewe 's manager thought White would be playing up front , and prepared his defence for that . |
| 5 | ‘ The state some of these old boys let their bodies get into , old Fred there ai n't seen his dick for ten years . ’ |
| 6 | An aircraft engineer , currently servicing this type of aircraft , has offered his services for such a recovery . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Very angry with me as he had not got his cheque for 82 for ex pupil 's tools . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Th the one that was so bad , where a man used his back for other people to escape by ? |
| 11 | He had used his car for these visits . |
| 12 | In spite of opinion polls suggesting public disapproval , the Education Secretary , John Patten , has defended his plans for national school tests . |
| 13 | However , the book , which as a whole survives only in a revised and partially expurgated Latin translation by Rufinus made in 398 , damaged his reputation for pure orthodoxy . |
| 14 | ‘ Mocharb 's son of fiercest fame , Known his name for bloody toil , To his gory grave is gone , He who shone o'er shouting Moyle . ’ ’ |
| 15 | Relatively poorly documented up to this point , Louis 's career already showed promise : his conduct during the revolt of 833 – 4 had proved his capacity for independent thought and action , and his restiveness thereafter was understandable , given his father 's evident preference for Lothar as guarantor of young Charles 's claims . |
| 16 | After returning to Little Rock , Arkansas , from an eight-state , 4,000-mile flying campaign early in the day , Mr Clinton voted jokingly telling well-wishers he had cast his vote for Vice President for his running mate , Tennessee Senator Al Gore . |
| 17 | In Mansfield , for example , there were cases in which the clerk had put the conditions on the bail form even before the defendant 's solicitor had concluded his application for unconditional bail . |
| 18 | He had worked hard all his life and had served his country for four years and was looking forward to retirement in the home he had worked for all his days . |
| 19 | Earlier , on May 28 , President Bush had announced his support for unconditional extension of MFN status . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He had n't hated his summoner for that . |
| 22 | He began as a circus acrobat and gymnast with the Karno Trio ( from which he took his stage name in the 1880s ) , but , by the 1890s , he had developed his flair for low comedy , and established himself as an entrepreneur of often ‘ speechless ’ sketches . |
| 23 | ‘ Maman , I have an idea , ’ the prince said , having racked his brains for further persuasions and clutching this time at straws . |
| 24 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |
| 25 | It had haunted his dreams for eight years . |
| 26 | Goose had haunted his dreams for ten days . |
| 27 | John told her that Mick , who had finished his examinations for Higher School Certificate , had been called up for the Royal Air Force . |
| 28 | But Hounslow 's fate was sealed in the eighty eighth minute when Darren Rogers scored from twelve yards after Wayne Green had left his marker for dead , sweeping by him for twenty yards . |
| 29 | He is embarrassed as well as frustrated when he hears people say he may go mad again when the hot weather comes , when he has maintained his sanity for many summers . |
| 30 | ‘ Richard Dunwoody has confirmed his availability for Deep Sensation and he will ride that one with Declan on Bradbury Star , ’ said Gifford . |