Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues . |
| 2 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 3 | Whereas Flynn was at the other end of the scale , for , despite his external charm , he really seemed to care little about anybody 's well-being — possibly because he cared nothing for his own . |
| 4 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 5 | Originally we were planning to reward the first ten correct answers drawn out of the bag with a wonderful Sigma-Ray joystick , but unfortunately Markie ( feeble minded fool that he is ) mistook them for his laundry and took them home to be washed by his Mum . |
| 6 | Account executives at the insurer , who monitor its agents , had Wright marked down as a man with constant cash flow problems — he was always hassling them for his commission . |
| 7 | There is a certain grudging margin , to be sure , about all that Mr Eliot writes — as if he were compensating himself for his limitations by a peevish assumption of superiority . |
| 8 | I want something for his bicycle . |
| 9 | Since first meeting him I learned to admire and respect him for his sincerity , humanity , integrity and his delightful sense of humour . |
| 10 | No sooner was Lydia 's wedding to Tobias over , than Bob Lamb had approached him for his permission to pay court to Martha , with a view to eventual marriage . |
| 11 | Anton though , as if waiting for this opening , Parker 's panic , caught him for his best bite yet , a chunk : with all of his teeth , his werewolf mouth , from high inside of a beefy thigh . |
| 12 | Scarlet had accepted that it was all her fault and endeavoured to do her poor best to compensate him for his unjust circumstances . |
| 13 | ‘ Peter means well and people always forgive him for his little failures . |
| 14 | ‘ She was representing him for his life . ’ |
| 15 | Joshua Morris had not invited him to break bread in Clungunford , Clunbury , Clunton or Clun , but Ralph Grunte had booked him for his Warwickshire Tories ' annual dinner and dance . |
| 16 | She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money . |
| 17 | Pieda , a powerful economic group , has attacked him for his crippling levy on whisky and says the excise tax policy on the famous tipple is ‘ against the national interest and discriminates against one of the UK 's top five exporters ’ . |
| 18 | I declined his offer of another brandy , made my excuses , and thanking him for his hospitality I left by the back door . |
| 19 | A year before his death , Charles had written to Lord Mountbatten , once again thanking him for his help . |
| 20 | One was a personal letter from the President of United Motors , Nate Cocello , thanking him for his services to the Corporation . |
| 21 | The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations . |
| 22 | At Thanksgiving 1985 , Bush sent North a postcard thanking him for his work ‘ with the hostage thing and in Central America ’ and exhorting him to get some turkey ; North read it out at his trial four years later as evidence of approval , but it was all delightfully vague . |
| 23 | I recall thanking him for his consideration , but quite probably I said nothing very definite for my employer went on : |
| 24 | He took a sheet of Gordon 's notepaper and typed a short note to Alan Bleath , thanking him for his recent contribution to the stimulating seminar on lenses of a high refractive index , signed this with a fair approximation of Gordon 's hand and put it in one of the ‘ Gordon Beamish : See ? ’ envelopes , addressed to Alan Bleath , 329 Carradine Road , Mitcham . |
| 25 | Moments later he was chatting to the C.P.R. Divisional Superintendent , Tom Warner , thanking him for his obviously favourable comments on the broadcast , and he went on , ‘ But seriously , Tom , I want a favour . |
| 26 | Afterwards Churchill is supposed to have sent a note to the Marshal , thanking him for his hospitality and reminding him of the details of their verbal agreements of the night before the morning after . |
| 27 | Paul wrote to Dr Heatherton as he had intended , thanking him for his trouble and saying that he had called in the hope of meeting him . |
| 28 | I send it to the individual 's home and I include a personal note from me thanking him for his achievement . |
| 29 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |
| 30 | It was agreed that a letter be sent to Mr Field thanking him for his work as Membership Secretary and on the Committee . |