Example sentences of "[adv prt] for his [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 Vincent , overcome with gratitude for this ready help , apologised several times over for his presumption in landing on Mauve 's doorstep without warning .
2 Later in the game he was sent off for his part in a vicious brawl .
3 Collins was the other striking contributor within Scotland 's side , tirelessly continuing at international level where he had left off for his club in Saturday 's Old Firm game and looking unaffected by the demands of a workload which had caused wholesale disruption to the national team elsewhere .
4 And they sent Alan off for his dinner in the hospital canteen and when he came back I 'd gone .
5 perpetual insults that every decent labour man has endured through standing up for his country in the hour of her crisis from men who have foisted themselves on the Labour movement by wirepulling tactics .
6 This did not stop West Indies taking a firm grip on the match , as Greenidge reached 5,000 Test runs and Richards 6,000 , warming up for his achievement in the next match with 87. 312 all out was hardly the big total they would have wanted , but it was quite enough .
7 Pontypridd 's main concern is the fitness of outside-half Neil Jenkins , who turned out for his club in a home friendly against Penarth on Tuesday — only his second game in seven weeks because of an ankle injury .
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