Example sentences of "for his [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | From prison Cranmer wrote to the Queen asking for her mercy and pardon for his heinous folly in following the Will of Edward VI . |
| 2 | The man once dubbed ‘ Fabulous Forman ’ for his extravagant taste in clothes is said to have walked out for ‘ personal reasons ’ . |
| 3 | Kildare , which has been handed over to Paul by the Irish Government for his famous Hole in the Wall Gang charity . |
| 4 | Connery , who won an Oscar four years ago for his hard-hit-ting role in The Untouchables , is now shooting the thriller Rising Sun in Los Angeles . |
| 5 | The sculptor mason now thought to have built it , Valentine Strong , whose building family owned stone quarries at nearby Little Barrington , will long be remembered for his witty epitaph in Fairford churchyard : |
| 6 | Seconds later , however , Quinn smartly allowed Ray Houghton 's skimming cross-field pass through and the unmarked McGrath stooped to conquer with a header for his seventh goal in 60 international appearances . |
| 7 | The same player struck again 11 minutes later for his seventh goal in his last nine internationals . |
| 8 | He struck again 11 minutes later for his seventh goal in his last nine internationals . |
| 9 | The Great Dane , recently voted the world 's best goalkeeper , will be looking for his seventh shut-out in a row as Manchester United take on Tottenham today . |
| 10 | Gilbert began helping Eyton in the preparation of specimens for his private museum in his nearby ancestral home at Eyton , and , when Gilbert decided to leave England as Gould 's assistant , Eyton offered to buy Gilbert 's personal , ‘ ready stuffed ’ collection , including 82 birds and an ‘ almost perfect skeleton of an armadillo ( with the exception of the toenails ) ’ . |
| 11 | Malinowski had a complex character , as illustrated by the posthumous A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term ( 1967 ) , written for his private use in Polish in the Trobriands . |
| 12 | In its ‘ threatening twilight ’ over a ‘ dead land ’ , this work of fiction meshed with Eliot 's anthropological reading to provide the means of expression for his personal agony in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , and in The Waste Land . |
| 13 | Afterwards there was praise for Geoff Cocksedge , the man who leases the workshop , for his prompt action in removing welding cylinders from the burning building . |
| 14 | There was little debate about the penalty , which Saunders converted comfortably for his first goal in nine matches . |
| 15 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 16 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 17 | The return of Alvin Martin , 33 , who will be given a free transfer at the end of the season , for his first match in 16 months , shored the defence , while Matthew Rush , in attack for only the fourth start of his career , was a revelation . |
| 18 | This puts him on course for his first pole in Adelaide since 1986 , his first win in Australia , a record 10th victory of the season and the 31st of his 12-year career . |
| 19 | After two laps Grandon fell back slightly leaving Lyons and Murray to forge ahead with Murray seeming set for his first victory in the province . |
| 20 | Kempton usually rode the horse himself ( and had done so ) three weeks before the Liverpool race when Foinavon was last in the Cheltenham Gold Cup — at 500–1 — behind Woodland Venture ) , but his normal riding weight of ten stone ten pounds was way above Foinavon 's Grand National mark of ten stone , and so John Buckingham was engaged for his first ride in the great Liverpool race . |
| 21 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |
| 22 | Dylan upset his traditionalist fans by adding electronic backing for his new tour in the wake of the weird and wonderful sounds being emitted by two underground bands called Pink Floyd and Soft Machine . |
| 23 | A Bosnian evacuee has opened a restaurant to help pay for his new start in Britain . |
| 24 | We are grateful , too , for his pivotal role in reshaping BP Shipping , BP Chemicals and the BP/Sohio relationship in the USA . |
| 25 | All in the golf society wish to thank John for his tireless efforts in his support and promotion of the society . |
| 26 | Not only was it more convenient for his financial deals in international negotiations to be done there , but he needed more dancers . |
| 27 | John Ashworth was notable for his outstanding leadership in helping the University to overcome cuts in government funding . |
| 28 | Cited by WWF International President HRH The Duke of Edinburgh for his outstanding leadership in pioneering environmental conservation and education in Indochina and for his promotion of international co-operation and scientific exchange among all nations , Vo Quy is the architect of a groundbreaking agreement between Laos , Kampuchea and Vietnam , which calls for international co-operation in protecting rare and endangered migratory species and the establishment of transformer reserves , or peace parks , on their shared borders . |
| 29 | Henley rower , Steve Redgrave has been honoured for his outstanding achievement in the sport . |
| 30 | He was a member of the Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers , becoming a Telford medallist of the former for his outstanding paper in 1897 on locomotive efficiency trials on the Caledonian Railway . |