Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | May claim thee for his pains . |
| 2 | They say Koons is a major artist who sacrifices nothing for his work . |
| 3 | Whereas Flynn was at the other end of the scale , for , despite his external charm , he really seemed to care little about anybody 's well-being — possibly because he cared nothing for his own . |
| 4 | But he does nothing for his studies . |
| 5 | He was going to Brazil and agreed to help me , but he wanted nothing for his help . |
| 6 | An but the National Health for his er , he got medical treatment for himself , but there 's nothing for his family , or his children , they had to pay the Doctor . |
| 7 | Over the years it had become apparent that Constance considered Brian a person of little consequence and that , this being the case , she would not have minded if he had hired the Albert Hall to denounce her as a barbarian and certainly cared nothing for his kitchen sulks and drawing-room sarcasm . |
| 8 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 9 | Long , unkempt hair , several missing teeth , and a nose that looked as if it had met more than one fist in its owner 's lifetime did nothing for his general appearance . |
| 10 | He will certainly be most unlikely to agree a very high price if he is to run the risk of getting absolutely nothing for his money . |
| 11 | The Troon man , who declared early in the tournament that the lack of atmosphere in the absence of players such as Nick Faldo , Fred Couples and Greg Norman did nothing for his game , went on to denounce the event as ‘ a bit of an amateur sham ’ and suggested it should not be among the counting tournaments for Ryder Cup selection . |
| 12 | Yanto shook his fist at the face of the crane driver grinning down at them through his cab window . |
| 13 | Nigel Buxton , 41 , swerved snarply across the road when he lifted both his hands off the wheel and ran them through his hair , Didcot magistrates heard . |
| 14 | Bob sank into the scrunching springs of an old armchair , put a hand over his eyes , and watched them through his fingers . |
| 15 | The sergeant felt uncomfortable , as if the millionaire was trying to possess them through his unwavering stare , attempting to inveigle them into doing his will . |
| 16 | ‘ You did n't know that he acquired them through his wife who must have got them while she was housekeeper-companion to Mrs Armitage ? ’ |
| 17 | I used to watch them through his field glasses , and the baboons that processed along the cliff tops , the babies clinging to their mothers ' backs . |
| 18 | For her flaming tresses — burning like Isabel 's on her son 's sweet lips as he drew them through his fingers , drowned in them … |
| 19 | Massingham picked them up and rubbed them between his palms and thumbs and sniffed . |
| 20 | He wiped the scattered crumbs on his tray to a neat heap and then pinched them between his fingers and gobbled them . |
| 21 | Can not you see him as well as myself ; Is he not sitting behind me at the bed 's head , to seize upon me for his victim , as soon as I have breathed my last ? ’ |
| 22 | I had seen newspaper photos of him since his release from the psikhushka , but they had n't prepared me for his gauntness , pallor , baldness . |
| 23 | That Nature form 'd me for his Lordship 's Slave . |
| 24 | ‘ Blaming me for his wife 's death and refusing to speak to me for seventeen years is hardly ‘ quarrelling ’ , ’ she retorted . |
| 25 | You know he blames me for his mother 's death ? ’ |
| 26 | Each of them seeks to use me for his own ends . ’ |
| 27 | He drinks and gambles and chases women and comes back to me for his dinner . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If I say one of my contacts tipped me off , I expect you 'll pester me for his name . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Heathcliff has sent me for his son , and I ca n't go back without him , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The cherry berets dragged the bewildered old montagnard away with a brusqueness which inspired no confidence in me for his future prospects . |