Example sentences of "[noun sg] for his [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |
| 2 | However a fellow gekko breeder wanted a male for his females to breed from . |
| 3 | Describing the DC as " a rotten apple with a healthy core " , he proposed chiefly to build on the existing cross-party support for his proposals to reform electoral law by referendum . |
| 4 | We have told the United Nations Secretary-General of our support for his efforts to resolve the problems in East Timor . |
| 5 | In late September L. K. Advani , the president of the Hindu-revivalist Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , had begun a Rath Yatra , or religious pilgrimage , through India to mobilize Hindu support for his efforts to build a temple at Ayodhya on the site of the disused Babri Masjid mosque . |
| 6 | By the end of the 1920s , as the vogue for his books diminished , Machen encountered renewed financial hardship . |
| 7 | Every day the diary had to be filled ; an important day-to-day record of garden affairs was imperative for his writing and current Work for his publishers called for continued attention , because throughout his long life editions of the Dictionary and the Abridgement needed revision and extension . |
| 8 | And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not . |
| 9 | I felt queasy with fright for his teeth had been filed down as sharp as dagger points . |
| 10 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 11 | His peak flow was 180 today and I have issued a peak flow meter for his parents to establish the best he can manage . |
| 12 | IT was the perfect chance for his customers to get their own back ! |
| 13 | In the first place , he argues , farming is a risky business ( he compares it to ‘ road racing ’ ) and if the demand for his products dries up then it is just bad luck on the farmer and his dependants . |
| 14 | Paintings and drawings are presented in chronological order , which demonstrates Jordaens 's artistic development from good to indifferent , as heavy demand for his paintings led to more and more workshop involvement . |
| 15 | The 308D is not the fastest thing on the highway , but Harris has no wish for his drivers to go breaking any speed records . |
| 16 | Standing over him , she saw how very old he must be , with the skin of his face and neck pleated in heavy folds of wrinkles and his wild hair quite sparse and white , and only her respect for his years prevented her from shaking him . |
| 17 | Bedford dentist David Woolley has written an in-house leaflet for his patients to warn of the problems of halitosis . |
| 18 | This has made him a rather accommodating man for his ex-enemies to deal with . |
| 19 | A spokesman for his advisers alleged that ‘ certain analytical information was suppressed on the basis that it was not deemed relevant ’ . |
| 20 | A new chest of drawer for his things cost £75 . |
| 21 | There is air for his creatures to move about in . |
| 22 | The hare and the hatter also decide to put the poor little dormouse into the teapot , which is rather cruel because he did n't do anything to them and it is rather a strange thing for his companions to do . |
| 23 | CHRISTIE has time to raise his arms in triumph as he crosses the line for his 100-metres win — with clear daylight between him and the pack . |
| 24 | The salary paid to the collector by the county for his efforts to extract the cess from the taxpayers , moreover , was sufficient to stimulate competition for the post , and the attraction was enough on occasion to cause severe embarrassment to county politicians , who feared that support for one candidate would lead to the permanent alienation of his rivals and their friends . |
| 25 | Turning his head , he bawled over his shoulder for his companions to follow him , and was answered by muffled shouts from deeper in the woods . |
| 26 | Watts has the technique of being able to get the best out of a horse , whether he is a sprinter or a stayer , yet finding the optimum trip for his horses remains one of the most taxing problems . |
| 27 | Charles detected a tendency for his teeth to chatter and grew indignant the more he thought of this flagrant breach of the conventions . |
| 28 | BRUCE HARRIS , WHO SPOKE AT AMNESTY 'S AGM IN APRIL , IS UNDER THREAT OF DEATH FOR HIS EFFORTS TO HELP GUATEMALAN STREET CHILDREN . |
| 29 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |