Example sentences of "in the [noun] for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts . |
| 2 | This is , however , a rare instance of Anderson displaying any interest in McKendrick and the change in his attitude towards him at the end of the play is confirmed in the figures for his turn-allocation . |
| 3 | Chrissie had no time to reprimand the girl , or help the poor seven-year-old boy search in the bathroom for his toothbrush , hidden no doubt in the airing cupboard , or out of reach . |
| 4 | It was in fact a humble beginning , for the cast was enormous and his crowd work was not exceptional ; he received neither credit in the programme nor any mention in the press for his direction . |
| 5 | Martin always starts by working out the elements in detailed pencil drawings which become works in their own rights , before lightly sketching in the compositions for his paintings |
| 6 | Kohl , who rejected the " blue beret option " as insufficient , would need a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag for his proposals [ see above for SPD congress vote approving German involvement only in UN peacekeeping operations ] . |
| 7 | I 've got a feeling that the Author is waiting all the time in that house in the woods for His own character to turn up . ’ |
| 8 | I looked back and saw him grovelling in the road for his hat . |
| 9 | Various subtitles in the sketches for his Violin Concerto point to the embodiment of a ‘ soul ’ therein — ‘ The wandering of a soul ’ reads one . |
| 10 | He 'd heard the daily summary coming through some time after midnight , but he had n't bothered to check it ; anything important or relevant and Stoneley would have telephoned him direct , and there were too many big shadows and dark corners in the schoolroom for his liking . |
| 11 | A manager is accountable to his superiors in the organisation for his actions and he is obliged to report to his superior how well he has exercised his responsibility and the use of the authority delegated to him . |
| 12 | Arkwright also built many of the three-storey stone houses in the village for his workers , as well as the church , school and his own home , Willersley Castle , known locally as Arkwright Hall . |
| 13 | Edinburgh 's Douglas Watson , who has already won a major award in the US for his three dimensional illustration work has created his study from a clay panel . |
| 14 | This is called Reynaud 's Phenomenon , after the French doctor who first described it in the thesis for his medical degree in 1862 . |
| 15 | When botanising abroad Mark Catesby also appreciated the value of records made while on expeditions , and he drew much in the field for his Natural History of Carolina , Florida and the Bahama Islands ( 1730–47 ) . |
| 16 | What he had retained was the sense of an elusive mystery waiting in the heights for his return . |
| 17 | Denethor clearly will not submit to the Enemy , as Saruman did , but he also cares nothing in the end for his subjects , while his love even for his sons would take them both to death with him . |
| 18 | Attacked in the House for his failure to take part in the business of sequestration , Holland obtained permission to join his family in the Netherlands . |
| 19 | He told her : ‘ Whatever Howard Smith 's treatment of you — and I accept that it was evil and gross — you embarked on this conspiracy with your father to murder him with remarkable deliberation and involvement in the arrangements for his killing . ’ |
| 20 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 21 | Begin won a slim victory in the Knesset for his foreign and defence policy , though having to concede an inquiry into the Beirut massacres . |
| 22 | Howard thinks Marler is in the running for his job . ’ |
| 23 | Chief amongst the eight changes was the replacement of Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Iturralde Ballivián ( ADN ) , heavily criticized in the press and in the Congress for his handling of recent border disputes with Chile , by Ronald Maclean Abaroa , also of the ADN . |
| 24 | As he spoke , the alarmed young woman — only quite attractive , Hope assessed , a little too thin in the face for his taste — glanced behind and then beyond and back again as if expecting to be set on by bandits . |
| 25 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 26 | As Gower tried to bury the misery of rejection in the preparations for his wedding to Thorrun Nash in Winchester Cathedral in a fortnight , he admitted : ‘ My words have come back to haunt me . ’ |
| 27 | Today he describes the always dapper figure in the Burberry raincoat ( over sharply pressed grey trousers and a tweed sports jacket ) who would come at ten o'clock in the morning for his chats . |
| 28 | But his persecutors were frustrated when they had to release him a week later , partly due to a technical fault in the warrant for his arrest and partly due to the influence of his friend , Sir Matthew Hale . |
| 29 | Regulations provide that if local planning authorities are minded to approve a proposal , but judge that it involves a material departure from the provisions of the development plan , they are required to refer the matter to the Secretary of State for him to decide whether he thinks it fit to call in the matter for his own decision . |
| 30 | Following further approaches from my hon. Friend , a direction was issued to South Glamorgan county council on 11 December requiring it not to approve the proposal until the Secretary of State had had more time to consider whether to call in the matter for his own determination . |