Example sentences of "and his [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks . |
| 2 | De Lattre , it seems , had himself in mind as a Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia and his proposals for a joint intelligence operation together with a strategic reserve of six or eight divisions would , if it had come to anything , have meant not only an American but a British commitment to French fortunes in Indo-China . |
| 3 | Remorse , dissatisfaction and hope filled his mind as the heat of a glorious midsummer approached , and his yearning for a means to channel his abundant intellectual and emotional energy was greater now than it had ever been . |
| 4 | He would n't have Barry and his mates for a start . |
| 5 | 1817 " The Meeting impressd , with the distress of the Tenantry of the Island from the reduced state of the Price of Black Cattle &c. ; conceive it proper and necessary to make application to Shawfield and his Trustees for a reduction of Rent while the times continue so oppressing , but with proper delicacy to this subject they decline making application at Present and till it is ascertained how cattle markets may go in June next … " |
| 6 | De Gaulle 's pressure for a US-British-French directorate in NATO in 1958 showed his resentment of ‘ Anglo-Saxon ’ predominance and his desire for a leading role in events . |
| 7 | They fell much in love , and her father gave her a fine dowry of fat lake-cattle and his blessing for a happy marriage , with the proviso that the groom never raise his hand to the water-fairy . |
| 8 | Yet despite his efforts , his wife shewed no sign of becoming pregnant and his need for a son remained unfulfilled . |
| 9 | When they were younger , Doctor Jekyll talked to Doctor Lanyon and explained his ideas and his search for a drug that could separate the two sides of a person 's character . |
| 10 | The pilot was being treated for suspected internal injuries and his passenger for a suspected broken arm and ribs . |
| 11 | Hamilton played well , Palace won 2–1 and his claim for a first team place had been properly and completely justified . |
| 12 | Inside , the rooms are light and panelled with elegant pedimented overdoors , and it is sad to think that the full splendour of Bullen Reynes 's house was only enjoyed by his son and his family for a few short years ; the bulk of it burned down in 1704 . |
| 13 | For months he had lived with the fear of this exile to England , among boys a year younger than himself , separated from his home and his family for a reason he rejected . |
| 14 | At the Huntingdonshire Forest Eyre of 1255 the foresters and verderers presented a clerk and his page for a trespass against the venison . |