Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority 's decision to agree to his application was an admission that they had been wrong all the time . |
| 2 | He wanted to take me out in his boat to see to his lobster pots , only I was too scared of the sea . |
| 3 | In the three or so years before matters were finally settled , a lot happened ; George Simpson gave up his interest in the partnership to retire to his leafy mansion near Reigate ; Hofmann had left England to take up a prestigious academic post in Berlin ; and the new Nicholson , Maule & Nicholson partnership had begun to transfer its production to a site at Hackney Wick . |
| 4 | But then he gave up concert performances to retire to his home in Texas . |
| 5 | el-Kefevi , as has been noted , writes that Molla Yegan died early in the reign of Mehmed II ; but , as has also been noted , some doubt attaches to his basis for making this statement : it is therefore difficult to know how much weight to give to his evidence . |
| 6 | His recall will allow Willie Falconer to switch to his more natural position of midfield . |
| 7 | No doubt both men , as supporters of the Gothic Revival , expected Scott to adhere to his stated principles . |
| 8 | He uses one term to refer to his mother , to his mother 's brother 's daughter and to his mother 's brother 's son 's daughter . |
| 9 | Not once had she made any attempt to respond to his initiatives . |
| 10 | But if I sympathize and help , or gloat and take opportunities to add to his difficulties , in neither case with any prospect of advantage to myself , you can be sure that I am indeed aware of how he feels . |
| 11 | Crosby also has injury worries to add to his team selection problems , and he will not name his line-up until just before the start . |
| 12 | He tried several times to talk to his sister Laetitia on the telephone , but she continued to be elusive . |
| 13 | The presence of my hon. Friend the Minister of State shows that he does not miss any opportunity to listen to his colleagues . |
| 14 | The people came out of their houses to listen to his music . |
| 15 | When he left the hall to go to his hotel he was surprised by the wind . |
| 16 | At first Bowden was unwilling to go to London , but he changed his mind after an assurance that he would be free to return to Devon to attend to his business affairs when necessary . |
| 17 | Under English law , ordinary passers-by could be required by a constable to come to his assistance in making an arrest , failure to do so being a punishable offence . |
| 18 | Back in Maya flat , in the red-brick downtown studio complex , a young local kid rings on his Ansaphone begging May to listen to his music . |
| 19 | The return of Chettle , who has been out of favour for a month , will enable Roy Keane to revert to his more accustomed midfield position from the centre of defence . |
| 20 | And there was great admiration for Livingstone 's transparent honesty , self-effacing modesty and determination to stick to his guns . |
| 21 | ALISTAIR Arkley , the man defeated in his bid to buy Camerons has bought 56 pubs to add to his growing portfolio . |
| 22 | When he finally walked past her room to go to his she was ashamed and shocked at the disappointment that raced through her . |
| 23 | During those early months , Kit Everard tried every evening to retire to his new quarters at Belmont and go to sleep ; he read the Bible , by the light of an oil lamp floating in a coconut shell , for they had used the last of their candles . |
| 24 | Nonetheless , although Wolfgang ends his letter ( dated 4 April ) by expressing the desire to come to his dying father 's arms ‘ as soon as is humanly possibly ’ , he did not do so . |
| 25 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 26 | The Fouchet plan 's demise did not appear to cause de Gaulle undue distress , any more than did the Americans ' failure to respond to his memorandum . |
| 27 | There had been no need to cling to him with such ardour — no need to respond to his kiss with such wanton abandon . |
| 28 | The judgement on the Earl of Rent was annulled , and his son , a minor , was granted the right to succeed to his father 's title and lands . |
| 29 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 30 | There may also be a basis of fact , in a planned act of piety , behind the famous story of how Cnut attempted to turn back the waves and then used his failure to demonstrate to his followers the weakness of his power compared with that of the king of heaven . |