Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scribbling changes in the margin of his text right up to the last minute , Mr Clinton insisted the burden of his new taxes were spread fairly across American society . |
| 2 | Because at one of our talks er before the financial advisor spoken to a chap that happened to be sitting near him when I moved out of this desk and he got rather a ler lu large investment and yet m and and he was quite happy with his investment yet much to my astonishment he completed this application form for the investment advisor to advise him on his investment . |
| 3 | Pip struggling to become a gentleman and find mutual love with Estella takes him through his early teens when he left his apprenticeship right through to his middle-age where the next major change takes place . |
| 4 | Bonard bit his lip and turned his gaze once more to the horizon . |
| 5 | She felt intoxicated by the male scent and taste of him , aroused by just the pressure of his body so close to hers . |
| 6 | It would have been impossible to consider that the captain in his white tights and blue tunic with all the gold braid in this story of piracy at sea had spent his infancy so close to the Caledonian Road . |
| 7 | In 1935 Nizan turned his attention once again to the French educational system . |
| 8 | And I still think one of the oddest things in this case is why Stratton did n't see his wife safely up to her room . |
| 9 | She had brief glimpses of him in the wings , his head unpleasantly close to the head of a girl called Mona who was playing Prince Charming . |
| 10 | ’ He bent his head once more to the pile of paper in his in-tray . |
| 11 | Stephen Blufton swung his head calmly round to the black detective with a glint of watchfulness in his eyes . |
| 12 | Yet even ‘ Disgruntled , Kilgraston Road , Edinburgh , ’ who had expressed his disquiet most volubly to the The Scotsman sports desk had to gorge on his opprobrious remarks as Hastings became the leading scorer in matches between the two countries with some imperious striking as he landed five goals from eight attempts . |
| 13 | All night he had laboured in prayer and watching , then rising and sitting in his chair , as it were made new for the occasion , which had been placed before the chimney in his parlour , and in the midst of his chaplains , servants and officers who were praying for him , he expired as if sleeping , and without a groan yielded up his spirit most purely to his Creator . " |
| 14 | The speaker turned his glare once more to Dee and Kelley . |
| 15 | As she spoke , Jack moved his hand gently on to hers and asked for the salt . |
| 16 | Finally he found his way painfully back to the house , and closed the door . |
| 17 | Swaying slightly and humming tunelessly in time with the tinny notes of the recording , Duclos waited until the door closed quietly behind her , then made his way unsteadily back to his seat . |
| 18 | The Celtic striker , however , put his header too close to the keeper . |
| 19 | The presb. after serious dealing with him to convince him of the evil of the said practice , and after receiving his promise judicially not to practice it any more appoints him to be publickly rebuked before the congregation by his parish minister . " |
| 20 | The presb. after serious dealing with him to convince him of the evil of the said practice , and after receiving his promise judicially not to practice it any more appoints him to be publickly rebuked before the congregation by his parish minister . " |
| 21 | He glanced quickly at his mother then back to Rachel again . |
| 22 | ( No , I was n't born then ) : at Comdex/Spring in Atlanta yesterday , our man on the spot , Chris Rose was geared to send stories from his laptop straight back to our server — until on deadline , he found all phone lines from Atlanta were busy ( shame on you , BellSouth Corp ) and ended up having to low-tech fax it back using a direct facsimile line . |
| 23 | In September 1767 Leopold took his family once more to Vienna , where festivities were in preparation for the wedding of an archduchess . |
| 24 | His voice sounded oddly strangled , and she opened her eyes to find his face unexpectedly close to hers . |
| 25 | He gripped the wheel tightly and held his face quite close to the windscreen . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll kill yourself ! ’ he whispered , his face so close to her , smelling the tawny sheen of her skin . |
| 27 | She shivered , remembering how waking to find his face so close to hers had made her insides quake . |
| 28 | In the light of what surely must be a changed forecast , will the right hon. Gentleman review his hostility so far to careful public expenditure designed to create infrastructure improvements for the future and to get the economy moving ? |