Example sentences of "[adj] to his [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas they made it clear to his wife that they would never forsake her , they also made it clear to Tawell that he would never be accepted . |
| 2 | He knew when he was beaten , but it was clear to his wife that he was still reluctant to be obliged to his brother-in-law . |
| 3 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
| 4 | On Lan 's other side Tam shot an accusing look at Kim from time to time as if to make unmistakably clear to his father that he had done everything possible to dissuade Kim from his folly . |
| 5 | The last thing Akhenaten ever taught was vengeance : the idea was so foreign to his nature that he would never have entertained the thought . |
| 6 | Alain became interesting to his father when he showed that he was exceptionally clever and had the same flair for finance . |
| 7 | It 's not on , I mean he is , it 's as much to his advantage as yours , what if he was taken ill ? |
| 8 | Just as a sub-lessee may be required by his sub-lease to comply with some of the covenants in the head-lease , and is answerable to his sub-lessor if he should breach those covenants , so rule 2.12(1) provides a régime in which appointed representatives will be subject to the Norwich Union , not directly to Lautro . |
| 9 | He described his frightening journey down the A9 when at one stage the ‘ gun ’ had been stuck to his head and they had threatened to kill him . |
| 10 | He made the effort to say something pleasant to his wife and they drank a glass of wine together for the first time in weeks . |
| 11 | I was so used to his bullying that I never thought of hitting him back . |
| 12 | As Mansell , 38 , attempted to overtake , Senna moved wide to his left as he took the racing line in approach to the corner , forcing the Englishman to career wide and then off the circuit . |
| 13 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |
| 14 | HARRY Mead is entitled to his opinion and I think we might have suffered his first disparaging comment on Bowes Museum and its founders ( Echo June 5 ) without protest . |
| 15 | Foster did well as nightwatchman but otherwise only Gooch , in one of his slowest innings , stood firm ; he batted over seven hours with the ball moving around awkwardly and had 84 to his name when he was last out , having seen the total to 202 . |
| 16 | Forever a romantic , and sometimes painfully so , he stayed true to his belief that he was ‘ the last remaining cog in the Arndale Centre ’ ( Manchester 's hideous shopping centre ) . |
| 17 | It was n't the sort of thing he would have put on the wall next to his bed but it was a lot more acceptable than Mr Pilkington in a black cowl . |