Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was significant that Tsongas decided to suspend rather than terminate his campaign , as it underlined the doubts which remained concerning Clinton . |
| 2 | Back once more in the capital after an uneventful overland journey , Gould took a rare moment to sit down and recount his adventures to the expectant household in Broad Street . |
| 3 | His work prospered ; at the end of the first year he won the Literary Medal , and a cash prize which enabled him to go down and visit his mother . |
| 4 | Edward had had to defer rather than abandon his plans , however , and in 1356 he sent Lancaster to Normandy with a small force of no more than 1,000 archers and 1,400 men-at-arms , which included supporting contingents from Normandy and from the Breton garrisons . |
| 5 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 6 | Trying to awaken my slumbering festive spirit , I invited John to come in and open his present . |
| 7 | The race had started on a wet track — it is almost never dry for a whole weekend in Holland — and Hunt 's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgement about when to come in and change his wet tyres to slicks . |
| 8 | He stood up , intending to wander over and offer his boss congratulations on her performance . |
| 9 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 10 | The student may be able to stand back and to relativize his or her own learning . |
| 11 | Unlike them , he does have the chance to come out and lead his troops in person , purging any doubts about his leadership with the sheer , naked courage of his performance . |
| 12 | She was acquitted at a trial at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court earlier this month , but the solicitor was asked to come back and explain his actions . |
| 13 | These planetary tables enabled to work out and test his flaws for planetary motion . |
| 14 | Two of them ( the men , I mean ) became quite fond of John during the short time he was with them , and expressed much regret at his leaving , begging him to come again and to bring his gin , meaning his wife , with him . ’ |
| 15 | He was more or less paid to go away and keep his head down , was n't he . |
| 16 | Howard realised the importance of avoiding walking barefoot in public places such as swimming pools or on other people 's carpets , so he decided to walk barefoot on grass and on the beach whenever possible , or simply to sit outside and expose his feet to the elements . |
| 17 | She looked up at him , wanting to reach up and stroke his face . |
| 18 | Delight ran all over her at his use of her name , and she wanted to reach up and take his face between her hands and say , ‘ You are beautiful and strong and gentle . |
| 19 | Infuriated , she forgot herself sufficiently to reach out and prod his knee . |
| 20 | ‘ He is many hundreds of miles away from his family and likes to go home and see his mother and father , who are elderly , ’ said Mr Ripman . |
| 21 | Bentwich was told to go home and persuade his own government to do more . |
| 22 | He might , indeed , have been finishing his week 's work and locking up to go home and celebrate his God 's sabbath . |
| 23 | You had to go off and make his nosh did n't you ? |
| 24 | Certainly if farmers wish to have a suitably skilled and motivated labour force by the late 1980s they will have to do more to recognize the farm worker 's quite legitimate aspirations and to help rather than hinder his search for ‘ a place in the sun ’ . |
| 25 | Once he confessed that he used to sneak in and watch his mother dressing . |
| 26 | If he had n't rattled her so much the other day , leaving her high and dry to sneak off and join his girlfriend , she might have remembered to tell him about the dratted ledgers . |
| 27 | Kenny Clark flung himself forward at the ball , only to see his efforts strike the foot of the post , but Julio Berazi was on hand to stab home and collect his fourth goal of the season . |
| 28 | They simply told my father to hurry up and put his jacket on . |
| 29 | One half of her wanted to give in and accept his kisses , which she knew would be delicious ; the other half wanted to tell him insultingly what she thought of him . |
| 30 | Your Dad 'll want to pop down and see his blessed allotment before we go to bed anyway . |