Example sentences of "[to-vb] his [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An official refused to accept his registration for both races at the start of the meeting and he forgot to report again after the 100 metres final . |
| 2 | Much praised for his Paris-set debut feature , A World Without Pity , he looks poised to consolidate his reputation for conceptual clarity with his second film , Autobus . |
| 3 | Obviously I was interested to find his entries for 1934 . ’ |
| 4 | As the days passed , hope faded of finding John Brown alive and after 14 days it was agreed that there was no urgency as the search was only to find his body for Christian burial . |
| 5 | The procession moved through the prison at a leisurely pace , Nicholson answering the visitors ' questions with the minimum of elaboration , constantly struggling to hide his contempt for some of the more idiotic queries they presented him with . |
| 6 | FLINT TOWN UNITED manager Les Davies has made five significant signings to strengthen his squad for next season 's Konica League of Wales campaign . |
| 7 | On March 21-22 Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel visited Brussels to press his case for closer Czechoslovak relations with the EC and NATO , the first such visit by a central or east European head of state . |
| 8 | But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day . |
| 9 | Held , allowing the appeals , that the Secretary of State was required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period that prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Act of 1967 set the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence ; that , before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make representations , the Secretary of State was required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which had not been disclosed at the trial and would be relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for those purposes ; but that the Secretary of State was not obliged to adopt that judicial view or , if he departed from it , to give reasons for doing so , and that he was entitled to delegate his powers for that purpose to a junior minister within the Home Department ; and that , accordingly , the decisions made by the Secretary of State as to the length of the period each of the applicants should serve before the date of the first review of their sentences should be quashed and that each applicant should be given the opportunity to make written representations after he had been informed of the judicial opinion regarding the period he should serve before review ( post , pp. 963B–C , 969A–C , 973F–H , 974A–B , 977B–D , 979C–F , 980E–G , 981F–G , 983C–D , 984C–E , 985B–C , 986H — 987A , F–G , 988C–E , G–H , 989B–C , D–E , 991B–C , 992F–H , 993B–E , F–G ) . |
| 10 | The former New Zealand Test player , who has guided the club to a Lancashire Cup final win and two runners-up appearances in the Challenge Cup and Premiership finals , could not be persuaded to extend his stay for another season . |
| 11 | Paddy Ashdown used the phrase to justify his demands for electoral reform . |
| 12 | A commander might be so well pleased with an officer that he might wish to retain his services for another voyage , and if a part-owner might be able to insist upon it , but appointments normally went by interest . |
| 13 | From those few chances he has , like Payne , earned enough prize money — around £40,000 — to retain his Card for next year . |
| 14 | Steve succeeded John Sewell as Palace 's captain , but in September 1971 he moved over to Chelsea for a fee quoted as £170,000 , as Bert Head sought funds to reshape his squad for 1st Division survival . |
| 15 | The row has been bubbling since October but China has intensified its attacks since Friday when British governor of Hong Kong , Chris Patten , decided to publish his plans for more democracy in the territory . |
| 16 | Detective Inspector , Tony Smith from Number 9 Regional Crime Squad , says Newmann was able to finance his passion for top class motor racing : |
| 17 | But as she returned to her room and closed the door , she silently thanked him that , when rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room , he had on their arrival thought to invite her to share his sitting-room for half an hour . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | The Chancellor also took the opportunity to nuance his support for German reunification in ways which will reassure those fearful that precipitate moves to unification might unsettle the Soviet Union and threaten the improvement in East-West relations . |
| 20 | ‘ Any general would like to postpone his battles for forty years until the historians can tell him what to do . |
| 21 | Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Menzies , was preparing to clear his desk for one last time and transfer to Sir Hugh 's enormous office overlooking Whitehall , an office so secret that it had a private door and staircase that could not be overlooked . |
| 22 | They asked , ‘ Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason ? ’ |
| 23 | The British superstar hopes to settle his drive for next season with team boss Frank Williams this week , and after 176 races said : ‘ I want to defend my title . |
| 24 | Do you want to iron his shirts for 50 years ? |
| 25 | Three times during that year , Cottle was called before medical boards to assess his fitness for active service . |
| 26 | On the French side the Black Prince 's principal opponent was Ring John II , who succeeded his father Philip VI in 1350 and who was to allow his enthusiasm for chivalric deeds to outrun his political and military judgement . |
| 27 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 28 | The president could dissolve the parliament and call a new election if it refused to confirm his nominee for prime minister , or if there were a ‘ crisis of state ’ . |
| 29 | ( 8 ) The circle of people actively involved in takeovers in the UK is relatively small and any reputable company or adviser will be keen to preserve his reputation for fair dealing . |
| 30 | The reason for drawing a distinction between Francis and Findlay though both had been held incommunicado in breach of PACE was that Francis , unlike Findlay , had been able to see his solicitor for half an hour before signing the notes . |