Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] for his [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot .
2 While Carl Fogarty took the big race of the day the Superbike , young Dunlop scooped up the smaller classes by landing both 250cc races as well as the 125cc , thus making up for his disappointment of last year when he scored only one win against Phillip McCallen 's five .
3 Lucien eyed the sticks , which Azmaveth was still holding out for his inspection , with suspicion .
4 He came with the party , and halfway through the visit he was still showing off for his fans and being mildly provocative towards all authority .
5 How long the customer 's actually sitting there for his meal .
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