Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had another go at persuasion and wrote Adam long letters to his college begging for compromises . |
| 2 | ‘ You could be dead and you will certainly never play rugby again , ’ was one doctor 's diagnosis after Lumsden had broken his neck playing for Bath . |
| 3 | The man with the sting made his living trawling for prawns , and fishing for mero , which he sold to the holiday village cafés , for a better price than he got from the locals . |
| 4 | He clutched at a rail and held on , heart thumping , the blood pounding in his ears , his mind wailing for mercy . |
| 5 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 6 | It was the story of a Frenchman , who had spent his life searching for beauty and pleasure — pleasure of all kinds , both good and bad . |
| 7 | ‘ I understand , ’ said Snizort , who had lived in a world where entire civilisations had been lost and who had spent his life searching for fragments of them . |
| 8 | And in any case , if he recovered he 'd spend his life looking for Vecchi , if that party had muscled in on the black . |
| 9 | David Carlson did n't really like his daughter staying for hours at the Davis 's . |
| 10 | The Rev Bill Harper has championed the cause of the 260 pensioners involved , but is disappointed that the Prime Minister has not replied to his letter pleading for help . |
| 11 | ‘ I told my mother I 'd take you and I will , ’ he declared , his tone aiming for civility , yet laced with impatience . |
| 12 | Loughlin , out until Christmas , broke his arm playing for Great Britain against New South Wales Country , and Saints have been told that insurance does not cover players on international duty . |
| 13 | Their father was a cabman and spent most of his time waiting for fares outside the Railway Station , the horse-drawn cabs being owned by Ivamy 's of Milford Street . |
| 14 | She hoped for his sake the memory of his time working for MacQuillan would quickly fade . |
| 15 | I mean Tina 's worried now , she 's got his mother coming for christmas for a fortnight . |