Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [verb] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hercules was a strong , courageous hero who was known for his indulgence for food and drink as well as for his strength and heroic deeds . |
| 2 | Lancaster had even told Jane he was searching for his wife . |
| 3 | In all his court appearances he was noted for his calmness and composure . |
| 4 | Kiesinger himself was criticised for his Nazi party membership even though he had risked his life to help Jews during the war . |
| 5 | During the assessment interview there should be a two-way exchange of information so that the nurse gives information to the patient about procedures which are designed for his safety , and answers questions . |
| 6 | Watching the race , it was obvious that Niki was driving with a sort of ill-controlled fury : instead of the steady , irreproachable Niki , here was a man who was fighting for his life . |
| 7 | I need your help , " he said slowly , putting the finishing touches to the snowman he was building for his sister . |
| 8 | On Monday we 'll see what progress he 's making for his comeback to the county … and maybe even the international scene . |
| 9 | I felt I had strayed into the workshop of a latter-day Anton von Leeuwenhoek , the pioneer microscopist who was noted for his high-performance single lenses . |
| 10 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 11 | Unlike most earlier films on the subject , such as the American ‘ Longtime Companions ’ , which were primarily pleas for compassion , a film can now show an AIDS victim who is denounced for his duplicity . |
| 12 | But they do call us towards speech , so that at least in the urgency and the felt inadequacy of our attempt to speak , erm to speak those words and lines , we can act out something of the quality and kind of our response , our shadowy awareness of what these incomparable and shrieking voices meant to the Eliot who was fighting for his own voice . |
| 13 | In the upper section he is prepared for his beheading and there is a fine Salome ; below , in the vase of the pulpit , the saint preaches and baptizes Christ in the River Jordan . |
| 14 | ‘ For a time he was fighting for his life and we thought we might lose him . |
| 15 | Like any Eastern potentate he was celebrated for his wives . |