Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He closed his eyes wearily , but his eyelids acted only as shutters for his eyes , not his mind . |
| 2 | As a man whose sensibilities would be troubled by these liaisons with ‘ beastliness ’ , a basically tender-hearted man , it was perhaps in compensation for his acts of relief that he tried to befriend and help women in trouble , as we shall see . |
| 3 | Unfortunately we managed to arrive only in time for his funeral . ’ |
| 4 | But the man whose name was on the cheque was well known all over London for his kind and generous acts . |
| 5 | The Attorney General is answerable only to Parliament for his decisions . |
| 6 | The reprimand will put more pressure on Morman Lamont , already under siege for his economic policy , his Access bill , and the gifts received to pay the Miss Whiplash bill . |
| 7 | He had wakened at eleven thirty , only just in time for his lunchtime gig . |
| 8 | Jim struck just before half-time for his first goal , and got his second three minutes from the finish . |
| 9 | President François Mitterrand came under attack both from the opposition and from within his own Socialist Party ( PS ) early in September for his ambivalent initial reaction to the Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev ( although he had swiftly reversed this impression in a television appearance two days later ) . |
| 10 | John Simpson , who has complained about pressure from officials of both parties is also under fire for his report on the first John Major ‘ Val Doonican ’ rally , in which he suggested there was a tame audience and that Mr Major was no great orator . |
| 11 | Bruno is also in training for his fight with American Carl ‘ The Truth ’ Williams in Birmingham on April 24 . |
| 12 | Moll 's denunciation of Laxton before she beats him up shows that the thrashing is partly in revenge for his not untypical masculine blend of misogyny and licentiousness ( cf. ii . |
| 13 | Thanks also to Les for his point of view on that . |
| 14 | Inside there are busts of the great composers — Bellini , Donizetti , Rossini and Verdi — and one of Stendhal , presumably in thanks for his kind words . |
| 15 | Richard 's young wife , Isabella , no longer wanted at the English court , was despatched — without her dowry — back to France , where feeling turned sharply against Henry for his deposition of the French king 's son-in-law . |
| 16 | The Swedish winger will have an X-ray on a suspected broken cheekbone today after taking an accidental blow in the face and is now in doubt for his country 's international with Norway in Oslo on Wednesday . |
| 17 | At the beginning of the century , Dudo of St Quentin produced the argument that , since the homage of Duke Rollo of Normandy in 911 had been purely in gratitude for his baptism , it did not mean , either for himself or for his successors , that Normandy was a fief . |
| 18 | Admitting that it was ‘ impossible to ignore the fact ’ that the defendant was ‘ in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely to have to try ’ and was acknowledged to be ‘ a man of high ideals and of noble and even saintly life ’ , he took Gandhi gravely to task for his failure to anticipate that violence would be the ‘ inevitable consequence ’ of his acts . |
| 19 | Look instead for books for his age with plenty of visual clues , and read them together . |