Example sentences of "to his [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've checked it 's all right for us to go ? ’ said his Mum to his Dad as he carne into the waiting-room . |
| 2 | The first reference to the young gentleman is found in Lord Keith 's private correspondence in October 1797 , when the admiral complained to his sister that he was ‘ plagued with Adam Ross . |
| 3 | Most of Rory 's pals in London were in the International Marxist Croup , but here he was ; wandering the hills with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister and who lived for huntin' , shootin' and fishin' ( and seemed to spend the absolute minimum amount of time in his castle with his wife ) , and who had just last year rationalised half the work force in the glass factory out of a job . |
| 4 | Giving him a doubtful look and a lame smile , she turned back to his sister and asked , ‘ When are you getting married ? ’ |
| 5 | Ignoring Ellie , he walked across to his sister and twitched the note out of her hand . |
| 6 | But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place . |
| 7 | One was to Germany to film a documentary on the wretched William Joyce , nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw , whose wartime broadcasts from Berlin had led to his trial and execution for treason after the war . |
| 8 | Leslie had first to undergo a stiff P.T. course at Hardwick , but he found to his relief that he had not deteriorated from the peak physical condition which , despite those months of idleness , had achieved for him in North Africa his acceptance into the Parachute Regiment . |
| 9 | The victorious matador , he said , was awarded the ear of the bull , which he would offer " to his Lady or to a female spectator who has drawn his attention " . |
| 10 | It hung to his mid-calves and he was devoted to it . |
| 11 | He said good-night to his nurse and to the receptionist and walked off down the street , across Wigmore Street towards Henrietta Place . |
| 12 | I rang Michael and said I 'd like to go over and persuade him , and drove to his cottage and talked at length about how I saw it and why I really wanted his sort of ability and personality . |
| 13 | And Paul de Levantiére would sigh , turn with a resigned expression to his fitter and ask for the next outfit to be tried on . |
| 14 | Maybe the boy was signalling to his mates and any moment there 'd be an ambush . |
| 15 | A few moments later he shivered again , sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it . |
| 16 | Another noteworthy aspect of Circumspecte agatis is that it reminds us that legislation at that time was by no means limited to parliamentary acts , but could result from decisions of the king and his councillors , expressed in general writs to his justices and sheriffs . |
| 17 | It was to take a further ten years and another major crisis before he could emerge from despair and find a solution to his angst and disorientation in the ranks of the party . |
| 18 | He stopped packing rucsacs on to his sledge and looked . |
| 19 | His hand went up to his collar and started to loosen his tie . |
| 20 | Quick as a thief , Garvey raised it to his collar and was about to drop it down the inside of his shirt when the Mason took a hold of his collar from behind and twisted it . |
| 21 | Dadda he had told , though even to him he had given only a vague location , but he had n't said a word to his grandmother and he was sure Peter would n't have told Uncle Leonard and Auntie Midge . |
| 22 | The driver turned to his fireman and said ‘ what are you waiting for , get that oil can and oil the rails ’ . |
| 23 | He was amused to find himself surrounded by the dead mackerel of his own catch , and held one aloft , waving and shouting to his crew that if they did n't hoick him out good and quick , there 'd be no free ale in Mother Russell 's that night . |
| 24 | You listen to his gruff voice giving orders to his crew as they row him out to his ketch . |
| 25 | A was held liable to B for trespass to his goods and to C for unlawful interference with his contract with B. However , there must be some conduct which is ‘ unlawful ’ apart from the intent to injure C , so that , for example , refusing , without any breach of contract , to provide B with supplies that he needs to fulfil his contract with C is no more a tort against C than it is against B , even though A 's motive is to injure C. |
| 26 | I scampered to his window and begged him not to call my remaining number , but he did . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 28 | After a while Marcus came to his window and it seemed he stared straight into my eyes . |
| 29 | It will be found on the cost accountant 's bookshelf but the operational manager will not be convinced that the cost gymnastics of Mr Hicks ' cost accumulation model are any more accurate or relevant to his operation than the existing confusion of standard rates , production norm etc . |
| 30 | The very freedom which marks the period of childhood gives unrivalled opportunity for picking up all sorts of information about the environment ; the child is not handicapped by attending school and listening to formal instruction which is for the most part unrelated to his interests and needs . |