Example sentences of "for his [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 2 | Connelly deserved more reward for his efforts as he ceaselessly pushed forward and played some excellent one twos with the front runners , but it was not until the seventy ninth minute that Abingdon sealed the result ; Herbert crossed from the right wing and Aries won a challenge in the air to get a glancing header which Green turned on to the post , but the ball rebounded over the line to make it three nil . |
| 3 | When Mrs Funnell had visited him , she had upbraided him firmly for his deception and he , in his most plaintive voice , had said , ‘ I 'm a man , and it was either taking a decent woman or resorting to casual encounters . |
| 4 | The fact that the promisor has already received consideration for his promise before he makes it , so far from enabling him to break his promise seems to us to form an additional reason for making him keep it . |
| 5 | Kind , gentle William received acknowledgement for his loyalty and he too was awarded five . |
| 6 | for his lunch but it does n't really matter . |
| 7 | Sometimes we catch the novelist positively shaping and manipulating the narrator : ‘ The chronicler pretends for his part that he feels the sorrow of a Christian … |
| 8 | ‘ For a time he was fighting for his life and we thought we might lose him . |
| 9 | Martin was left fighting for his life when he fell from Brimham Rocks , near Patley Bridge , North Yorkshire , on the last day of their honeymoon . |
| 10 | Possibly JTR had another wild duck for his breakfast when he stayed there . |
| 11 | It is essential for his reputation that he again walk as Manager into the Branch which he managed as if he had never been dismissed . |
| 12 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 13 | For , ‘ Mr Novak , ’ he corrected , adding , ‘ in a majority of Czech names , ‘ ova ’ is added to the end of a man 's surname for his wife when he marries . ’ |
| 14 | The negative claim insists that a judge may not appeal to the law 's warrant for his decision when he can not show that conventions force him to do what he does , because the ideal is corrupted by any suggestion that past political decisions can yield rights and duties other than those dictated by convention . |
| 15 | Sooty was famous for his jokes and it was said he could make a cat laugh just by looking at it . |
| 16 | Anyway he , he has to keep changing for his work because they get a , a mileage allowance with the council |
| 17 | Then Davey moved quite a long way away for his work and she hardly saw him . |
| 18 | There were no medals for Felipe to win for his country but he put Spain on the map , his name on every tongue . |
| 19 | Wright is determined at last to become as prolific for his country as he always is for Arsenal especially with Alan Shearer lurking in the wings for Holland next month . |
| 20 | The Manchester United striker , who will tonight win his 51st cap for his country when they take on the RCS in a vital World Cup qualifier in Cardiff , believes this is one of the best Welsh teams for years . |
| 21 | But , as she all at once realised that he thought , actually thought , that she had been pumping his secretary about him , so a tide of pink warmed her cheeks , and , ‘ Nothing ! ’ she exclaimed hotly , more startlement hitting her as it dawned on her that this then was the reason for his fury when he 'd seen them together . |
| 22 | He acquired some unpleasant skin disease , and his mother would not pray for his healing until he begged her forgiveness . |
| 23 | The tall fronds seemed to form a guard of honour for His Excellency as he entered the church . |
| 24 | As none of the guests spoke Spanish ‘ I rang up the British Consul and asked for his help and he provided it . |
| 25 | Blanche thanked the man for his help and he loped off down the corridor , jangling his keys . |
| 26 | Endill was wandering about hunting for his friends when he heard Matron 's voice behind him . |
| 27 | Louis Untermeyer , Robert Frost 's correspondent who was to be an influential anthologist , wrote of Poems ( The Freeman , 30 June 1920 ) that ‘ Eliot cares more for his art than he does for his attitudes ’ ; and that ‘ the exaltation which is the very breath of poetry — that combination of tenderness and toughness — is scarcely ever present in Eliot 's lines ’ . |
| 28 | A disabled person might have to pay more for his holidays because he has to go to places where there are additional facilities available . |
| 29 | on the ar , we well you know we 've paid for his education since he was seven because he was n't doing anything at primary school ! |
| 30 | I 'd like to go on living and working on Skomer but as my son is four years old I 'll soon be facing a dilemma over the need for his education and I might have no choice but to rethink our future . ’ |