Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] he [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's about really the tragedy of a man who 's too old to change and too stupid to realize he needs to . |
| 2 | In so far as the plaintiffs are seeking to recover from the third defendant money which he has obtained for his own benefit or for the benefit of companies which are , in effect , his alter ego , I can see that the third party would have an overwhelming argument that it can not be just and equitable to require him to contribute to whatever the third defendant is ordered to pay to the plaintiffs . |
| 3 | He made friends easily and after his wife died there seemed little to keep him tied to his home area . |
| 4 | Yes er it would be more accurate to say he spoke to me . |
| 5 | But it is difficult to imagine him going to Stamford Bridge or instructing London Welsh in the value of second-phase possession . |
| 6 | He was genuinely keen to return to St Augustine 's where his sister was now a pupil and both social work and child guidance were keen to see him return to mainstream schooling . |
| 7 | The defender is often faced with a claim of exorbitant amount , an agent for the pursuer who is unprepared or unable to quantify the same properly , and a pursuer who believes that his accident will be sufficient to enable him to retire to a comfortable abode in the sun . |
| 8 | He will find it difficult to escape once more to the fastnesses of Cornwall without a horde of people eager to commission him clinging to his coat tails . |