Example sentences of "and [subord] he [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents are well-off farmers in Somerset , and although he went to the prestigious Ampleforth school , he spent only a year after taking his A levels at agricultural college before becoming a BMW car salesman . |
| 2 | He could n't understand how his world had collapsed and although he said to himself , several times a day , that it was all the fault of the theatre , that sick , all-pervading fever that seemed to turn everyone foolish and mad , in his heart he knew it was more than that . |
| 3 | He had crashed in the earlier 250cc race and although he appeared to be unhurt the doctors advised him not to ride in the superbike . |
| 4 | Although there is no clear evidence , reference made in Van Gogh 's letters indicates that the sexton 's house was on the north side of Turnham Green ( now Acton Green ) , and although he referred to a Methodist school , in all probability the church at Turnham Green was another of the non-conforming denominations and it seems likely that the little wooden church at Turnham Green , which he had sketched , was the earliest Congregational Church , sited off Chiswick High Road , opposite to its junction with Chiswick Road , and just west of King 's Place , The little church was probably in use prior to the erection , in 1878 , of the large Congregational Church on the adjoining sit . |
| 5 | Wind is in such a big way and if he goes to the planning appeal and one thing or something , it 'll skin this bloody , it 'll , it 'll skin this bloody town |
| 6 | And if he decides to be a member of the Government he resigns his parliamentary seat and his replacement takes over without the need for a by-election . |
| 7 | And if he comes to bed and puts the light on . |
| 8 | Cos you 've got to and he ca n't use his fingers and if he has to it right ? |
| 9 | The presence of a rival could blight his own prospects , and if he happened to be from the locality , then Owen O'Clery told himself he might as well be moving on immediately . |
| 10 | Ben he spotted me on these occasions he invariably called out some mocking remark and if he happened to be with some of his cronies they all joined in the laughter at my expense . |
| 11 | Well yeah and because he talked to the |
| 12 | By nature , and before he went to Ireland , whose problems affected the characters and ruined the careers of many another English administrator before and since , Jeremy Taylor was a very humane man , and it may be appropriate to leave him by quoting a story which was his conclusion to The Liberty of Prophesying : |
| 13 | His father owned a record shop in Baltimore and before he went to university he had become the buyer for the shop , a job which provided an unlikely education . |
| 14 | ‘ And before he went to this — gentle — sleep , ’ he derided , ‘ he asked you to return her letters , bring the statuette , and … ? ’ |
| 15 | He was in agreement with my suggestion that the property be sold and before he returned to college in the autumn of 1976 , he took my advice and placed house and lands in the hands of an estate agent . |
| 16 | Around the mid sixth century the Greek cities of Asia Minor had come under the control of Croesus of Lydia , and when he fell to Cyrus of Persia in 546 they became part of the huge Persian empire . |
| 17 | Ever since he was a student in Florence and Venice , Modigliani had studied the female form repeatedly and passionately and when he came to Paris he continued to go to life classes . |
| 18 | And when he came to Cyprus londe , |
| 19 | As he gave out his text , his voice rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes , ’ and when he came to the two last words , which he pronounced loud , deep , and distinct , it seemed to me , who was then young , as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe . |
| 20 | Walter had been friendly with David in England and when he came to Scotland , David granted him lands in Ayrshire , Renfrewshire , Argyll , Bute and the Lothians . |
| 21 | A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film . |
| 22 | The Commander-in-Chief in 1939 felt it necessary to review his " troops ' ; and when he came to Driffield he obviously felt that the Occasion was so important that he spoke to the officers in one corner of the hangar and spoke to the sergeant pilots in another . |
| 23 | So I know a guy for example who , when he gets his Visa bill say the last third of the month , he puts it into the envelope , and makes a note in the diary on say the twenty first , to pay the Visa bill , and when he gets to the twenty first , lo and behold , he knows where the Visa bill is and he has to pay it . |
| 24 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 25 | And when he got to the river he took the pole — and he pushed the body off ! |
| 26 | So she watched him closely , and she tried to read the signs , and when he seemed to be wanting something special she did her best to see that he got it . |
| 27 | Tixier-Vignancour emerged from this period of enforced reflection with a deep loathing for General de Gaulle and when he returned to politics in 1955 he was one of the architects of the revival of the extreme right , using the popular cause of ‘ Algerie Francaise ’ as a rallying point . |
| 28 | El Cid himself fought like ten men and when he returned to the city he was bloody but victorious . |
| 29 | His introduction to the greater world during his London visit was important in shaping his liberal sympathies , and when he returned to Stowey in March 1791 , his relatives were shocked to find him overflowing with French Revolutionary politics as well as other democratic heresies . |
| 30 | He had success at Formula 5000 and when he returned to Formula One it was with better results that his first attempt . |