Example sentences of "his [noun] to god " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the above , Richard Baxter records his thankfulness to God for preserving him in several accidents . |
| 2 | In due course each brings his offering to God . |
| 3 | The point about the story of Abraham , which is a key paradigm in Galatians , is that he obeyed God and committed himself , his family and his future to God . |
| 4 | Bunyan replied that he could find no justification for the Prayer Book in the Scriptures and that its use was an impediment to man in making known his condition to God . |
| 5 | William Carey wanted Christ , not himself , to be in the spotlight : this was the secret of his greatness and his usefulness to God . |
| 6 | John of Salisbury tells us that a new custom had arisen in his time that on the day on which a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood he went solemnly to church , laid his sword on the altar , and offered himself and his service to God . |
| 7 | On the other hand he was indecisive , tended to rely on advisers with stronger characters and erratic judgement , and could be disastrously obstinate in his insistence on his responsibility for his actions to God alone . |
| 8 | Its theme is the recovery of a man who , in the very moment of death , is saved , and dedicates the rest of his life to God , a theme derived from the Biblical account of King Hezekiah . |
| 9 | Various religious influences at Cambridge fired him with the wish to dedicate his life to God . |
| 10 | Ram , who comes from Calcutta , took a vow 11 years ago to dedicate his life to God and global peace . |
| 11 | Neil Todd , who wanted to devote his life to God is unemployed . |
| 12 | The life of Jesus was over and now he returned his spirit to God . |
| 13 | Father Shanahan received his call to God when he was engaged to be married , the court heard . |
| 14 | Oswald commended himself and his men to God and his victory over Cadwallon established a new Christian king over the northern Angles . |
| 15 | ‘ To think of him in any other role , to plot and connive for his affections — even to think of his putting his own desires and inclinations before his duty to God and the realm , is treason of the highest order . |
| 16 | In these his differences with his parliaments were reviewed , and each was followed by a prayer which justified his conduct to God . |
| 17 | And so the poor man had been obliged to die in as Christian a manner as possible in the arms of the atheistical Magistrate who had , of course , listened without the least sympathy to Mr Bradley 's last pious ejaculations , impatiently muttering : " Yes , yes , to be sure , do n't worry about it , " as poor Mr Bradley , looking up into that last , glaring , free-thinking , diabolical , ginger sunset of the Magistrate 's whiskers , commended his soul to God . |
| 18 | The General commits his emptiness to God . |
| 19 | He then knelt and confessed his sin to God and asked for the forgiveness that is in Christ to be his . |