Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [adv] in the " in BNC.

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1 In addition , for economic as well as morale-building reasons , he has to do well in the county championships .
2 One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis .
3 He has to work hard in the fields .
4 In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City .
5 In freedom , he managed to hide away in the wilds and educate himself .
6 If he managed to win through in the first round , there is now a second round of contests to be staged , followed by the final round later in the year .
7 His plane was riddled with bullets , and one cut an artery in his arm , but he managed to land safely in the French lines .
8 I mean , people like me are the sort he expects to end up in the nick , not blokes he 'd invite to one of his do 's .
9 Len 's mop of unruly fair hair always made him stand out in a crowded goalmouth but , even over 30 years later , he continues to stand out in the memories of Palace fans who saw him play for our club .
10 If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it !
11 He had to go back in the end because there was no one else to put her to bed , but he hated touching her . ’
12 He had to kneel down in the muddy track , damaging his trousers , reminding him of playground agonies ; he gripped , tugged , balanced .
13 They got him in the boat and they he had to lie down in the bottom of the boat and they and they covered him with a tarpaulin .
14 He had to sit out in the corridor at Windsor listening to Electrophone transmissions of some opera that went on and on before the warblers saw fit to die with some interminable aria .
15 He had to run back in the dark and make safe the Lewes bomb .
16 Bernard took the matter of the offending questionnaire to the union forthwith : the local dispute quickly turned national : Bernard spoke to the press , rallied his colleagues ; but alas , all too many wanted no more than a quiet life : Bernard confided that sometimes he had to eat alone in the staff dining room .
17 He had to come home in the ambulance , and had a bed downstairs for the daytime , but managed to go upstairs to bed at night .
18 I do n't know how he got out , I mean our road is so difficult anyway , of course there wa , that night there were two , yeah two when them , he had to get out in the morning , but er , I mean he did it , but I expect it was a struggle
19 ‘ Is that the boy he wanted to bring home in the holidays ? ’ his father demanded .
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