Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for his own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 2 | If he wins a subsequent bout also by disqualification , then he must be withdrawn for his own safety , since it is obvious that , in this tournament at least , he is not protecting himself adequately . |
| 3 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |
| 4 | Trying to repair the damage done to McKendrick 's positive face , he asks to be excused for his own inadequacies : Anderson 's upholding of the modesty maxim is augmented by the emphasis he puts on the sincerity of his apology ( the tonic syllable in the first sentence falling on " am " ) , stressing that he is fulfilling the felicity conditions ( Searle : 1969 ) for that speech act . |
| 5 | Cawarden 's entrepreneurial skills were used for his own benefit as well as that of the monarch . |