Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , for a Chinese peasant , his sons conscripted for forced labour in the Japanese army , his women seized for their brothels , his land destroyed , the power of nationalism does not add an extra dimension to his anguish and anger . |
| 2 | And he revealed that he was too busy to tune into his son-in-law fighting for political life on Wednesday night 's TV news . |
| 3 | He told magistrates he is using his car to search for new shops to relaunch his business career . |
| 4 | It was formerly a narrow single-track with passing places throughout its eleven miles , a slow journey during which the motorist had to keep his foot on the brake and his eyes alert for oncoming cars . |
| 5 | His yearlings sold for astonishing sums . |
| 6 | Brian would have his damages reduced for contributory negligence in riding with a driver who he knew was drunk and in failing to wear a seat belt . |
| 7 | To put the matter more precisely , there is little support in the judgments either for Lord Diplock 's tripartite standard of review , or for as extensive a review as his Lordship advocates for administrative institutions . |
| 8 | He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes . |
| 9 | The conference supported his motion calling for regional and district councils to be retained in the Highlands . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mr. Page took the view that on the true construction of section 34 of the statutes the university had no power to remove him from office and terminate his employment save for good cause . |
| 12 | Responding to the resolution on May 20 , Iraq 's permanent representative at the UN , Abdul Amir al-Anbari , requested a moratorium of five years on war reparations in order for his country to pay for essential supplies and reconstruction which , he said , would cost " many times [ Iraq 's ] oil revenue " . |
| 13 | His regime calls for great personal reverence for himself , as Life President and elder and brooks no serious dissent on grounds of personality or policy . |