Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With agitated fingers , his father felt in his shirt pocket for a cigarette , but he had forgotten to bring them from the kitchen . |
| 2 | The strategy devised from this included setting out his shopping list for a post-election pact so far in advance that the Liberal Democrats would not get the blame if a deal fails to materialise , and a second election is forced . |
| 3 | He would drive round his home village for a couple of weeks , impress his family and friends with the car , cigars and drinks and pick his future wife . |
| 4 | Nichols went to see the play a second time , then a call went out to Dustin 's agent , and arrangements were made to fly the actor out to his home town for a screen test . |
| 5 | We had wanted to persuade Rick once again to don his mouse disguise for a series of public road safety commercials for the Mongolian government . |
| 6 | Once indoors the dog would collapse in front of the fire , there , perhaps , to dream of the day when he 'd swap his flea collar for a laurel wreath , and his water bowl for a magnum of champagne with which to shower his adoring fans ! |
| 7 | He smiles , and fumbles in his jacket pockets for a box of matches . |
| 8 | Brooke issued an ultimatum on May 14 for all parties to accept his compromise formula for a venue by the following day or accept responsibility for wrecking the talks . |
| 9 | Why does n't this poor excuse for a human being stick his head back in his colostomy bag for a good feed and give us real music fans a bit of a rest ? |
| 10 | Why does n't this poor excuse for a human being stick his head back in his colostomy bag for a good feed and give us real music fans a bit of a rest ? |
| 11 | He 'd collected her from Kalkara early this morning , to take one of his charter yachts for a test sail . |
| 12 | DAVID SPEEDIE has boosted Birmingham by extending his loan spell for a third month . |
| 13 | But with energy to spare she would dearly have liked to go with him and his dog Azor for a good long walk . |
| 14 | He must have saved up his pocket money for a long time in order to buy one of Uncle Philip 's masks . |
| 15 | ( Perhaps he mistook the seven on his DME indicator for a three ? ) |
| 16 | So instead I crunch in a low right-hook that will end his sex life for a month . |
| 17 | ROMEO priest Christopher O'Neill is begging the mother of his love child for a reconciliation . |
| 18 | For he will not miss his evening class or his choir practice for a woman . |
| 19 | Derek Jefferson had abandoned his executive suit for a caddie 's bib and was ready to do his stuff again . |
| 20 | He 's swapping his city life for a life in the country at the Blue Cross sanctuary for birds and animals in Burford . |
| 21 | Andrew Martinez , 19 , arrived in his birthday suit for a disciplinary meeting at the University of California , Berkeley — as a protest against what he claims is society 's ‘ repression ’ . |
| 22 | Once indoors the dog would collapse in front of the fire , there , perhaps , to dream of the day when he 'd swap his flea collar for a laurel wreath , and his water bowl for a magnum of champagne with which to shower his adoring fans ! |
| 23 | He ca n't afford hot water , except for twice a week when he puts on his immersion heater for a bath . |
| 24 | Purely out of tact , Maxim braced his brain cells for a kamikaze mission and opted to drink in parallel . |
| 25 | Johnny fished in his trouser pocket for a somewhat battered packet of cigarettes and a slim gold lighter . |
| 26 | He reaches into his trouser pocket for a hanky and wipes his face . |
| 27 | Bob suggests that we all go back to his hotel room for a ‘ smoke and a shag ’ . |
| 28 | The court was told that Lord Apsley was arrested by Ministry of Defence Police when he arrived in his Land Rover for a function at the Duke of Gloucester Barrcks at South Cerney on November the 30th last year . |
| 29 | Jak , 45 , of Middleton-St-George , Darlington , bought his runabout machine for a couple of hundred pounds . |
| 30 | Harrison met his party colleagues for a celebration dinner on the outskirts of the city . |