Example sentences of "[adv prt] to his [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 2 | Astell Investments , which owns the home in Astell Street , Chelsea , claims Lord Palumbo has paid no rent since moving in to his wife 's house in December 1986 . |
| 3 | He learns about his father 's weak spirit , which caved in to his mother 's strength ; how his father committed adultery with Harry 's aunt and tried to kill his mother ; how his father deserted the family when Harry was eight years old . |
| 4 | After their weekend in Georgetown , the Colemans moved in to his family 's lakeside cottage at Lake Martin , near Auburn , Alabama , to await his next assignment . |
| 5 | An account executive working on the business of a merchant bank might become so interested in financial matters that he moves over to his client 's advertising department , but as a general rule , the chances of rising to the top are greater in an agency . |
| 6 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 7 | Horace Walpole describes the effect of walking through the grotto into the garden in language that both recalls Eloisa to Abelard and anticipates descriptions in the Gothic novel : ‘ The passing through the gloom from the grotto to opening day ; the retiring and again assembling shades ; the dusky groves , the larger lawn , and the solemnity of the termination at the cypresses that led up to his mother 's tomb , are managed with exquisite judgement . ’ |
| 8 | Although so alike physically , she felt sure that Jonna would not stand up to his father 's rage , as George would have done . |
| 9 | The Young King failed to live up to his father 's hopes . |
| 10 | Papanek did explain that stories were commissioned on both Rugby World Cups , but both times they were not up to his magazine 's standards . |
| 11 | His prize money more than doubled Hendry 's seasonal earnings , which stood at £92,950 from the nine events leading up to his week 's work at the London venue . |
| 12 | Eventually , stone-cold-sober-seeming but perhaps too drunk to drive , he treks off through the dubs of a drizzle ( Thales said the world was made of water , the ‘ primary element ’ , and he handni even been to Glasgow ) back to his bachelor 's tenement flat ( Coelebs still in search of a wife ) . |
| 13 | I were n't gon na put myself out for them then he got up and stormed out and then he went back to his sister 's took his |
| 14 | George Borrow was to wander many roads before being invited back to his father 's home county . |
| 15 | Henceforth he supported York until Anselm 's death brought him back to his father 's policy of supporting the unity of the Church under the southern see , By this time , however , it was too late to alter the general swing away from overlordships such as that claimed by Canterbury . |
| 16 | ‘ Never , ’ Harrison said , lying , for his whole purpose was to get back to his father 's farm to work out when he could return and what he could offer Mary . |
| 17 | The young man with the terrible toothache — Harrison — had sought her out and , clumsily but resolutely , he had told her that he intended to leave the quarries , go back to his father 's farm , assess what his prospects were there and then come back and … his resolution had run out at that point but the aim was clear . |
| 18 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 19 | Almost half of Edward 's sede vacante presentations were retrospective , some dating back to his grandfather 's reign , and most being based on fictitious entitlement ; considerable temptations were open to unscrupulous candidates , armed with dubious history , to challenge the rights of sitting tenants . |
| 20 | Indeed , if you go back to his grandfather 's generation , they go right underground , for Bill Larnach comes from the solid traditions of the Durham miners . |
| 21 | Their only son , also Philip , decided to come back to his mother 's home to live . |
| 22 | When Leach discovered Jacqueline was sleeping with Tommy he moved back to his mother 's house in Slough , and at Easter , 1989 , Tommy moved into Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 23 | He was then released on bail and , as is the custom , the police required conditions of his bail that he should not go back to his girlfriend 's address to prevent any possibility of any further offending . |
| 24 | When Charlie wheeled the brand-new barrow on to his granpa 's pitch the following morning , Mr Dunkley came out of the fish and chip shop to admire the new acquisition . |
| 25 | There 's this man and woman walking by with lots of shopping bags and a little boy hanging on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 26 | He looks scared of me , and hangs even tighter on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 27 | … bloody man is in the fast-lane ; comes off at junction 7 for a year or so here , and then he 'll be off and away at junction 8 , on to his chief 's job somewhere else … and look at him ! |
| 28 | This conduct only becomes a nuisance when the consequence of his acts are not confined to his own land but extend on to his neighbour 's land . |
| 29 | Jack took Amy and Adam to Hull for the funeral where Amy sobbed her heart out and Adam , less than three months after his Barmitzvah , threw a clod of earth on to his grandad 's coffin as his first act of manhood . |
| 30 | The crowd dispersed quickly and in the rush for the exits , Tam was glad to see old Jock McLaughlin holding firmly on to his Grandson 's small hand . |