Example sentences of "the [noun] [Wh adv] he [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt Norman 's aggressive form of golf is one of the reasons why he appeals to galleries so much , but he might have to contain himself a bit more if he hopes to win on a more regular basis in the future . |
| 2 | The most elaborate effects relate to ‘ Dr Frankenstein' and the lab where he dissects to little purpose . |
| 3 | When he thought of the law , his chosen profession , his head filled with the savour of dust ; he could taste it on his tongue , mousey and dry , and smell the foist of the archives where he had to pore over the huge books of cases , statutes , precedents . |
| 4 | Then in August 1208 , when Innocent had found his way to the point where he wished to be in the dispute , the significant letters of 1205 – 6 were entered up . |
| 5 | The Italian front was the place where he volunteered to be an ambulance driver during the next year , and was badly wounded . |
| 6 | In the continuing war of words between reformers and hardliners , Mr Nemeth conjured up the best insult of the day when he referred to his opponents as ‘ Stone Age conservatives ’ . |
| 7 | If it can be called a childhood , that is : from the nursery where he learned to be ‘ Chairman Mao 's Good Little Boy ’ onwards , his early life was racked by one political movement after another . |
| 8 | For Richard this was the year when he came to man 5 estate , for it was about this time that Louis VII knighted him . |
| 9 | ‘ The schoolmaster looked out of the window across the square to the castle where he announced to the class that the flag was flying at half-mast , so he popped out to find out why , thinking it might have been dear old Queen Mary . |
| 10 | Not knowing how much was wrong with Niki 's car , he thought Niki was only letting up and could apply the power whenever he wanted to . |
| 11 | By the time when he began to work most intensively on what would become The Waste Land , Eliot was neither god nor martyr . |
| 12 | He was remembering again the time when he returned to England fifteen years ago from the tropical island on which he had been left . |
| 13 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |