Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His total takings for the day amounted to one penny for a shave . |
| 2 | His total pickings for the campaign must have been every soldier 's dream . |
| 3 | I was touched to see that Dei had changed from his working overalls for the operation , although he would have to change straight back again after completing it . |
| 4 | ALVIN SALLAY reports on his innovative plans for the future of the game in the British colony . |
| 5 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |
| 6 | And it could be that he will be battling his old team-mates for the big prize come the New Year . |
| 7 | Captain Kirk ( William Shatner ) hates the idea — he ca n't forgive his old enemies for the death of his son . |
| 8 | We talk to him about the inner turmoil he had been feeling during his long drought and about his high hopes for the future . |
| 9 | In one of his few appearances for the junior teams at Preston somebody threw the ball at him and said : ‘ You play soccer , you have a go . ’ |
| 10 | He was a regular contributor to many of the leading newspapers and periodicals ; his weekly articles for the Manchester Guardian were republished in two series of Collections and Recollections ( 1898 ) . |
| 11 | He seemed to have resolved his sexual hang-ups for the time being and was content with his lonely existence . |
| 12 | Often , however , an attack of non-specific urethritis can be followed by months , if not years , of needless worry and anxiety , simply because , following the mind 's focusing on the genitalia , the patient has noticed certain characteristics of his sexual organs for the first time , and normality has become abnormality . |
| 13 | But it should not be thought that at this time the Minister relied solely on the advice of his civil servants for the formation of policy . |
| 14 | Exhorting him to forgive his personal wrongs for the sake of his own greater glory , she sings an ariette about the dangers of being inflexible . |
| 15 | His part in the 1960 British film A French Mistress was also largely unnoticed , but it was significant as his first step into the world of ‘ grown-up ’ films after his starring roles for the Children 's Film Foundation . |
| 16 | Harmonia Mundi have recently issued a three-disc set ( for the price of one ) entitled ‘ Philippe Herreweghe : portrait d'un artiste ’ , which features excerpts from his many recordings for the label . |
| 17 | Hearing from that individual , to his great concern , of the impending calamity , Captain Cuttle , in his delicacy , sheered off again confounded ; merely handing in the nosegay as a small mark of his solicitude , and leaving his respectful compliments for the family in general , which he accompanied with an expression of his hope that they would lay their heads well to the wind under existing circumstances , and a friendly intimation that he would " look up again " tomorrow(2) . |
| 18 | She would , instead , walk away from him with her head high — and his unsavoury hopes for the future dashed to the ground . |
| 19 | The 56-year-old engineer-already renowned for railway bridges in Portugal and Hungary , the colossal Gabarit viaduct in the Auvergne region and his gigantic locks for the first disastrous attempt to build a Panama Canal — declared his creation open on March 31 , 1889 to an accompaniment of fireworks and a 25-gun salute . |
| 20 | Although Burn showed both originality and ingenuity in his initial designs for the Edinburgh Academy , giving a two-storey building a single-storey façade and an unfluted portico to save on façading costs , others made the Greek revival their own : Thomas Hamilton who developed the basic arrangement of the final design of Burn 's Academy into the Royal High School , and William Henry Playfair , Burn 's contemporary at Smirke 's , whose work showed awareness of the latest developments in Germany . |
| 21 | Christo has cherished a vision of wrapping the Reichstag in military silver , flame-retardant fabric since 1971 , when he created his first studies for the project . |
| 22 | Indeed , with Rush scoring two of West Ham 's four , his first goals for the club , the question of why he had not been tried earlier was of paramount interest . |
| 23 | The match has added significance in that Stephen Martin plays against his Irish team-mates for the first time in his illustrious career . |
| 24 | He had come close to the mark in his various schemes for the inner cities , but he had always taken great care not to overstep the boundary . |
| 25 | While Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa were expected to accrue some of the black support which would otherwise have gone to Wilder , the principal beneficiary of Wilder 's withdrawal seemed likely to be front-runner Bill Clinton , who had won considerable black support in his five campaigns for the governorship of Arkansas . |
| 26 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 27 | The Emperor himself shared this view , but took pains to conceal it , because his ultimate designs for the rehabilitation of France in Europe envisaged a tripartite understanding with Britain and Russia . |
| 28 | Neville Cardus gained a devoted following for his lyrical cricket writing as well as his musical reviews for the Manchester Guardian between the wars . |
| 29 | The professor is typing his own letters for the time being . |
| 30 | And he forgot all his own problems for the |