Example sentences of "[adv prt] his [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Brownlow walked up and down his room for several minutes , deep in thought . |
| 2 | There were even doubts over his availability for last month 's All Ireland semi-final , but he played and came through with flying colours . |
| 3 | The employer could even suspend production and live off his wealth for some considerable time . |
| 4 | Lewis was a mainstream Anglican who had angered Tolkien , on his conversion , by preferring Canterbury to Rome ; but his title Mere Christianity ( 1952 ) summed up his disdain for all denominational differences , and he never accepted the charge of belonging to any one wing of the Church . |
| 5 | Whether Highland should remain as a single-tier region or be divided into smaller units is likely to be one of the most difficult decisions Mr Lang faces as he reaches an advanced stage of drawing up his plans for local government reform . |
| 6 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
| 7 | He has no plans to open up his hallway for public viewing . |
| 8 | He holds up his hands for quiet again . |
| 9 | The war will rage until Chancellor Norman Lamont spells out his plans for economic recovery on Thursday in the traditional autumn statement . |
| 10 | The purges have proved to be one of the most hotly debated topics for historians because , due to the harsh censorship and killing of many opponents of Stalin , there is a lack of opinion and primary sources which show how they affected the whole country , and nobody could read Stalin 's obviously warped mind to find out his reasons for this holocaust . |
| 11 | He held out his bowl for another helping . |
| 12 | Will my right hon. Friend set out his policy for 1992 — — so that I can congratulate him on his anniversary again next year , when he will still be Prime Minister ? |
| 13 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale has set out his stall for next season and plans a cautious plunge into the transfer market this summer . |
| 14 | He pressed his back against the stone wall and stretched out his hand for some food . |
| 15 | These are a set of highly restrictive constraints , and Marx set out his schema for simple reproduction as follows : |
| 16 | He did n't single out his children for this . |
| 17 | In a statement on May 10 , Odinga vowed to carry on his fight for political pluralism . |
| 18 | Following his time at Clanna , he moved into Camp Mill , still carrying on his trade for some years . |