Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [noun sg] he [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazonick ( 1979 ) argues , for instance , that when Marx took the self-acting mule as a prime example of a technology permitting the increased subordination of labour to capital he was in fact relying , at second hand , on the claims made by the machine 's manufacturers , and that in practice the mule-spinners held a relatively superior position in the division of labour . |
| 2 | Antonio believes that by making Shylock in Act Four Scene one convert to Christianity he is saving his soul , however unwittingly he does not realise he is killing Shylock . |
| 3 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann , that cunning , solitary ace from Argentina , worried about his racing twenty-four hours a day ; James seemed to give it scarcely a thought — technically , as a contributor to development he was something less than a devoted genius ( but on the track he had extraordinarily good reflexes and a lot of savvy ) . |
| 4 | From time to time he was ‘ Mr West ’ ( definitely opposed to the East ) . |
| 5 | From time to time he was instructed to raise money by conducting sales of wood from the king 's demesne , and he carried out the king 's policy regarding mining in the forest , which wavered between a desire to increase the Forest revenues and concern lest the vert be destroyed . |
| 6 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |
| 7 | Fortunately , after a visit to hospital he was found not to have picked up any poison . |