Example sentences of "for his own [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general rule , the archbishop had sufficient political leverage to ensure success for his own monks in these disputes . |
| 2 | Even the compere , noted for his own style in suits , tried to bump up the bidding . |
| 3 | A friend of the Prince 's youth , Benjamin Disraeli , was to explain with less elegance the reason for his own arrival in power : ‘ I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole . ’ |
| 4 | Likewise Granton where the Duke of Buccleuch had constructed the harbour for his own needs in the mid 19th century . |
| 5 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |