Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |
| 2 | Despenser , made chamberlain of the king 's household in the autumn of 1318 , was son of an old servant of the king who was also called Hugh , but the young man was greedy and tactless on a scale which surpassed Gaveston and alarmed and alienated particularly the lords of the Welsh Marches ( where he laid claim to extensive lands ) and drove them into uneasy alliance with Lancaster . |
| 3 | He pushed the door open and walked straight into the parlour , where he came face to face with an overweight , half-shaven man dressed in a vest and trousers who was brandishing an open razor . |
| 4 | I shall argue that he overstates the significance that can be attributed to literacy in itself : that he lends authority to a language for describing literacy practices that often contradicts even his own stated disclaimers of the ‘ strong ’ case ; that he understates the qualities of oral communication ; that he sets up unhelpful and often untestable polarities between , for instance , the ‘ potentialities ’ of literacy and ‘ restricted literacy ’ ; and that he polarises the differences between oral and literate modes of communication in a way that gives insufficient credit to the reality of ‘ mixed ’ and interacting modes . |
| 5 | OCT 3 : Allegations that he made V-sign to Chelsea fans at Highbury after scoring Arsenal 's late winner — again not proven . |
| 6 | Big John McCormick had had a distinguished career in Scotland , where he had been on the verge of international honours while playing with now defunct Third Lanark and at Aberdeen , but it was , amazingly , as a makeweight that he came south to Crystal Palace . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the fact that he sought re-election to the legislature was widely interpreted as indicative of a desire to use his influence — he was thought to have maintained an overall majority in the new House — to secure the presidency for his friend and colleague , Vice-President Teatao Teannaki , the elected member for Abiang . |
| 8 | Lucien told them that he believed Jeopardy to be a shallow individual , an offence to the art of Vibrancy . |
| 9 | At a press conference on April 25 , Li Peng said that he believed perestroika to be of a socialist orientation , and " earnestly hoped " that stability would prevail in the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | The trouble is that he attracts attention to himself — and today was no exception . |
| 11 | I mean it 's enough that he pays lipservice to it now which you know would n't have even been recognised . |
| 12 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 13 | Another was Elliott who explained that he needed access to information , from ‘ A ’ to ‘ Z ’ . |
| 14 | The odd thing was that he considered life to be at its quietest in the midst of the most thunderous , ear-splitting waves . |
| 15 | The statement says that where a member 's opinion is sought on the application of accounting standards or principles to specific circumstances or transactions of an entity of which he is not the auditor , he should ensure that he has access to all relevant information , he should contact the auditor to provide an opportunity for the latter to bring to his attention any relevant facts and , given his client 's permission , he should provide a copy of his opinion to the auditor . |
| 16 | That is , the critics assert that there is significant inequality between men and women , and that for a woman to be married to a man does not mean that she gains all the privileges that he has access to . |
| 17 | Of course the first prerequisite was that he should be able to know his colleagues ' views before deciding whether or not he agreed with them , so he needed access to their report before it was officially released . |
| 18 | He looked scared to death , and he had reason to be for he was doubly identified by both of us . |
| 19 | The photographer only had the opportunity to do it because it was a benefit and he had access to the models that he would n't normally have . |
| 20 | With great reluctance , Bonhoeffer came to the conclusion that Hitler had to be removed from office and he became party to a plot to assassinate the country 's Führer . |
| 21 | An unreliable horseman on the Stuart side , witnessing the first charge of the clans on the Cumberland army , believed no troop could withstand such an onslaught , and he rode south to Edinburgh declaring victory , causing the Jacobites of the city to dance and sing . |
| 22 | Their feelings were intense , and he made love to her with an ardour she met and matched with a fiery passion that consumed them both in a blaze of glory . |
| 23 | and it will not in that sense make any difference to God love , make a lot of difference to you and to me , but it will not make any difference to God 's love whether we spend our eternity in heaven or in hell , he will not love those in heaven any more than he loves those who are already , who will be punished for ever in hell , because God 's love is eternal , it did n't start at Bethlehem , it did n't start at Calvary and it does n't end when you and I die , as love is eternal , so God has provided salvation for every body and he offers salvation to all who will come to him in repent and and seine fe and except his salvation , you see when the Lord Jesus Christ died upon Calvary 's cross he died to make salvation available for who , for every body , you see he did n't just lay your sins on Jesus , listen to what the old testament profit Isaiah says , there in that tremendous fifty third chapter , and , and in what it 's in verse six , all of us says the profit like sheep have gone astray , each of us has turn to his own way , but the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him , whether you and I reject Jesus Christ or accept him does not alter the fact that our sin was laid on Jesus the sins are the most awful person you can think of were laid on Jesus Christ , Jesus Christ paid the sins for , for , for , for men like Hitler , he paid theirs , the price for their sins , as much as he paid the price for the sins of somebody like St Francis of Assisi So God is not partial , it 's clear from scripture that all maybe saved , he made salvation available to all in that same book of Isaiah in chapter forty five , verse twenty two , it says look unto me all the ends of the earth are being saved said the Lord , in Romans one sixteen Paul says I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God onto salvation to all who will believe , and the verse we 've already quoted John three sixty , for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son , that who so ever believe in him should not perish , but have ever lasting life and Paul when writing to Timothy says he gives his own personal testimony he says this is a good and a faithful saying , it 's worthy of every body accepting that God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth , so it 's quite clear that all maybe saved . |
| 24 | As flashbulbs popped and he paid tribute to everyone involved in building the sleek yacht which had won the award his eyes roamed the room . |
| 25 | It was Geoteam Exploration 's first 3D seismic survey for BP and he paid tribute to the first class performance of the Nordic Explorer and staff . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember when I was in 6th grade and Reagan was elected and he voted ketchup to be deemed a vegetable , for schools . ’ |
| 27 | Seven years later Agate reported on the opening of a new cinema of ‘ almost Babylonish magnificence ’ in the London suburb of Brixton , and he drew attention to the running fountain with its goldfish , the marble stairs , the thick carpets , the cushioned seats , the noble organ , and the fact that a full orchestra was to be used . |
| 28 | The utopian vision of Gandhi ceased to have practical significance with the formation of the Government of India , and he handed power to the practical man of affairs , Nehru . |
| 29 | I think that the dormouse is quite a unique character and he adds absurdity to the story , for all he does is sleep ! |
| 30 | Jess was a mellow sort of chap until he came face to face with a light bulb |