Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] for his " in BNC.

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1 Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes .
2 Roger Fenton was immensely well known in his time for his landscapes and still lifes .
3 Pop fans will note that Albini has been fulsome in his praise for his next project , Polly Harvey .
4 So , it was really thanks to Jeff , she thought , that she was being unwillingly forced to join Guido in his search for his boat .
5 He 'd got just tuppence ha'penny in his pocket for his beer , when they found him . ’
6 Delaney , searching in his pocket for his pipe , shrugged .
7 Marco dug in his pocket for his credit chip .
8 He flexed his fingers to get the feeling back , and fumbled in his pocket for his keys .
9 He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him .
10 As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster .
11 Paul Lane put his hand in his pocket for his car keys and found something there .
12 He felt in his pocket for his lighter and his fingers touched the hard squareness of an envelope .
13 He got out of bed and looked in his cabinet for his clothes : it was empty .
14 Similarly , it 's no good discovering that you are going to need an autocue and a slide projector when there 's no money left to buy or hire them , or that your guest speaker will only fly first class when you 've allocated £200 in your budget for his travel costs because someone vaguely remembered that £200 was the ‘ Apex fare ’ .
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