Example sentences of "to his [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are recalled as somewhat sad , dependent figures : a ‘ poor old fellow ’ who went out to his sister for his meals ; ‘ a right cripple ’ who had been unable to work for over ten years ; ‘ a very old gentleman ’ who scraped together a living by selling vegetables and tomatoes which he grew in his greenhouse , but was ‘ very unhappy ’ because he had quarrelled with his drunken son . |
| 2 | Then Finn had come up , grim , silent and dripping blood , wordlessly shown her the dreadful cut and gone upstairs to his sister for a bandage . |
| 3 | To his disgust he found that the workers would no longer respond to his call for mass meetings during working hours . |
| 4 | Prince Charles could never have dreamed of this twist to his call for respectful allegiance to the past . |
| 5 | The signing in July of a peace agreement with the UPDM [ see p. 37602 ] , whose guerrillas had been active in Gulu district , was followed by the return of UPDM leader Alimadi from exile , but the response to his call for UPDM rebels to lay down their arms was limited . |
| 6 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |
| 7 | Dexter was irritated by Blanche 's love of the difficult and complicated as opposed to his preference for the simple and straightforward . |
| 8 | Er Mr has referred to his preference for the release of lots of small sites on the basis that erm they will be er Leeds residents would be less aware of them than if all the sites are collected together in the form of a new settlement . |
| 9 | This strong territorial element meant that when a major estate changed hands , whether by inheritance or forfeiture , the affinity of the previous owner would tend to turn to his successor for lordship . |
| 10 | This strong territorial element meant that when a major estate changed hands , whether by inheritance or forfeiture , the affinity of the previous owner would tend to turn to his successor for lordship . |
| 11 | And he felt the strange eagle in the cage next to his waiting for a reply to her question about where he had come from . |
| 12 | He told the press that he attributed his sudden success in the movies to his parents for their unwavering support throughout the years . |
| 13 | Derek Pritchard who lives in the village wants to build a house on his own land next-door to his parents for himself and his fiancee , but was refused planning permission in April this year . |
| 14 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 15 | A BOSS yesterday admitted making sexist remarks to his secretary for a laugh . |
| 16 | Did he surrender , walking in the summer with Kee and the child , to his craving for a wife and family , to such an extent that an invented relationship became true — only to collapse , tipping him into shock when she abandoned him with her ‘ No , never never ’ ? |
| 17 | But he knew that he had one more duty to perform before he allowed himself to succumb to his craving for rest . |
| 18 | ‘ This … ’ said Tom Kean carefully , reading the paper again to convince his brain as well as his eyes , ’ — is General Robert E. Lee 's orders to his Commanders for the battle … we 've found their plan of action wrapped round three cigars . ’ |
| 19 | If she did n't make a stand now he would expect her to jump to his bidding for the rest of the voyage . |
| 20 | She acquiesced , agreeing to his plan for a meeting with Joan in the palace rose-garden . |
| 21 | He firmly allied himself with the forces of change , but was careful to give due weight to the arguments for staying put , the detail in which he did this adding impressively to his reputation for grasp . |
| 22 | Due to his reputation for honesty , he was fast becoming the top agent in Yorkshire , sole booker of at least sixty clubs , and had fifty or more acts signed to him . |
| 23 | For any composer , such litigation would pose a potentially fatal threat to his reputation for Lloyd Webber , deeply sensitive to accusations of plagiarism , the allegations must be particularly wounding . |
| 24 | When the place passed out or Iranian airspace , the Shah turned over the controls to his pilot Captain Behzad Moezzi , and went back to his suite for lunch with the Queen . |
| 25 | He is a great player , a mood player , and more use to his country for 20 minutes than most are for 90 . |
| 26 | ( Abberley puts his hand to his head for a second . ) |
| 27 | I went over to his home for a few days to sort out helmet and leather contracts . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought he meant at his place , but , of course , he never invited anyone to his home for dinner . |
| 29 | Formerly of Glasgow Rangers , he captained the Cup-winning Bradford City side of 1911 , but an ‘ incompatibility of temper ’ led to his transfer for £1,400 . |
| 30 | Or was the drawing unrelated to his feelings for Eugenie ? |