Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more telling example is that there is no UN chain of command to carry the news of a casualty in the field speedily to his or her family at home . |
| 2 | The knife did not tip the scales much to his advantage , but even a slim chance was better than none . |
| 3 | David Whitaker devised the balance of the four main characters , drawing , perhaps predictably , from the literature close to his heart . |
| 4 | Lewis again , ‘ whoever tries to rebel against God produces the result opposite to his intention … |
| 5 | James Joyce wore a dentist 's white jacket in the hope that the reflected light would make the words brighter to his poor hurting eyes . |
| 6 | He moved stealthily to the bedroom , to the wardrobe close to his bed . |
| 7 | Although Tiller still produced the Winter Gardens show every year , he delegated more and more of the work there to his assistant directors as he was so busy abroad . |
| 8 | As we landed at Cardiff , those in the seats closest to his party heard the Labour leader holding himself in check : ‘ Prime Ministerial . |
| 9 | The undertaker will , as a rule , be instructed to take the body straight to his premises and screw the lid down , firmly and finally . |
| 10 | Or sometimes with a sharp crack of the whip close to his flanks . |
| 11 | The voice became louder , as if its owner had moved the phone closer to his mouth . |
| 12 | All these disconnected thoughts were roaming through his mind as he drove through the middle of the night close to his flat in South Ken . |
| 13 | On the day of its creation he had his armourers fuse the suit directly to his body . |
| 14 | But disaster struck again when wing Clive Sullivan lost the ball close to his own line and allowed veteran prop Crooks to pick up and score . |
| 15 | Scott looked at the lad , then at the ball close to his feet . |
| 16 | He rubbed his finger against the surface of one of them , then put the finger gingerly to his lips . |
| 17 | Greg was panicked into opening too baldly the subject closest to his heart . |
| 18 | Only then did Leon approach the subject closest to his heart . |
| 19 | Gedanken came and sat on the floor close to his chair . |
| 20 | Grant half swayed , half fell to the inboard telephone , lifting the speaker close to his mouth . |
| 21 | But the project closest to his heart is a studio to make television commercials . |
| 22 | He put the receiver again to his ear and said : |
| 23 | Then Gabriel turned the conversation to the matter closest to his heart . |
| 24 | Broadly , if he gives the property away to his son or a share in his agricultural partnership to his son absolutely and he survives seven years no inheritance tax is payable . |
| 25 | ‘ There was an old man — his wife used to take in washing ( laundry they call it now ) ; and he used to bring the washing home to his wife and take it out again . |
| 26 | Scott glanced at each of the policemen in turn , then motioned to the chairs close to his desk . |
| 27 | As he transferred the blade clumsily to his left hand , he knew he would n't make it . |
| 28 | He was later seen with a cartridge belt , filled with cartridges , around his waist and with the barrels of the gun close to his head . |
| 29 | Lee raised the gun clumsily to his shoulder . |
| 30 | I objected in Committee and in the House tonight to his implication — it was not stated in so many words — that the £780 million would be paid locally by the other people in the area picking up the bill for the single-person households . |