Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his election Gallacher applied for the Labour Party whip which , as he was not a Party member and had defeated someone who was , could " not be granted . |
| 2 | What did Doctor Jekyll ask his friend Lanyon to do for him ? |
| 3 | This accommodation , named " Hudson Flats " , bears witness not only to the enthusiasm with which the late Jimmy Hudson and his wife Mary worked for the provision of annual " Old Folks ' Holidays " , but also to the sum of £72,000 which they raised themselves towards the purchase of this property . |
| 4 | In his pensione Sandison slept for two hours in the afternoon . |
| 5 | With this fearsome military instrument at his disposal Henry waited for the invasion . |
| 6 | During the course of his speech Roh called for a breaking of " the shackles of the past " and for the development of a closer relationship between Japan and South Korea which would serve as a fulcrum from which " to promote peace and prosperity in north-east Asia " . |
| 7 | During his visit Dumas called for an acceleration in the reform programme already under way in Laos . |
| 8 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |
| 9 | Glen and his son Andrew sailed for Persia by way of Constantinople in 1847 . |
| 10 | Although unprepared for the success of his party Brazauskas called for a " government of national agreement " , adding ; " We will talk to other parties and do not want to usurp power . " |