Example sentences of "[to-vb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | To forestall his next movement ( such as his taking her in his arms ) Franca moved rapidly round the table , took a firm hold of his shoulder , and , as he instinctively lowered his head , kissed his hot blushing cheek . |
| 2 | After 1976 and a disastrous Lotus season ( a mere 29 points ) , Ronnie had thought he could do better at Tyrrell , though once again fate was to forestall his ambitions . |
| 3 | And Mr Bush , unlike John Kennedy , who came from a not dissimilar background , has found it difficult to communicate his beliefs to others . |
| 4 | He had the ability of good actors or teachers to communicate his own enthusiasm repeatedly , especially for his special subject , the history of architecture . |
| 5 | His immediate discarding of the magazine at this point further supports the view that he had indeed been intentionally using the magazine to communicate his desire to go and see the live gorillas . |
| 6 | The concept 's importance in theoretical terms is that the epic poet catches himself dreaming , and tries to communicate his dream to the rest of the group , through a mythic poem , or a ritual drama . |
| 7 | the freedom to communicate his thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man ; every citizen is therefore free to speak , to write and to print , except in cases where the law lays down that he is liable to prosecution for abuse of that liberty . |
| 8 | We shall consider words , phrases and sentences which appear in the textual record of a discourse to be evidence of an attempt by a producer ( speaker / writer ) to communicate his message to a recipient ( hearer / reader ) . |
| 9 | ( b ) It sometimes makes it difficult for the historian to communicate his precise meaning . |
| 10 | In Holt the Court of Appeal held that para. ( a ) required the debtor to communicate his decision to the creditor and required that the legal consequence was the extinguishment of the debt . |
| 11 | The Guv'nor used to brew his own beer in those days as most people did . ’ |
| 12 | In order to re-affirm his declared commitment to a liberal and secular state , Ben Ali retained Mohamed Charfi as Minister for National Education , Higher Education and Scientific Research ; fundamentalist students had demanded his resignation . |
| 13 | As a pro-abortion mood sweeps the country , he may have to modify his stance . |
| 14 | Michael Sandusky has argued that United States troops could have assumed control of the greater part of Korea had Korea been identified as a priority and had MacArthur been willing to modify his decision to concentrate American forces in Japan prior to the official surrender on 2 September at the ceremony planned by MacArthur . |
| 15 | With his opening salvos the anti-pluralist has , if anything , merely forced his opponent to modify his own position somewhat , not to abandon it . |
| 16 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 17 | His anger was real but so continuously felt that once he had given it adequate ( in his own mind ) expression , it ceased to modify his actions . |
| 18 | In order to secure sufficient parliamentary backing in February 1991 from the opposition Radical Liberals , Centre Democrats and Christian People 's Party for the approval of the 1991 budget , Schlüter was forced to modify his plans for income tax cuts [ see p. 38020 ] . |
| 19 | The ability to think on one 's feet is of great benefit to a salesperson , since he will be required to modify his sales presentation to suit the particular needs and problems of his various customers and to respond quickly to unusual objections and awkward questions . |
| 20 | Staff advised the customer how to modify his process , changing the temperature and concentration of materials , so he could recycle the waste himself . |
| 21 | The King — ( He pushes forward the POISONER/KING tormented by guilt — haunted by fear — decides to despatch his nephew to England — and entrusts his undertaking to two smiling accomplices — friends — courtiers — to two spies — ( He has swung round to bring together the POISONER/KING and the two cloaked TRAGEDIANS ; the latter kneel and accept a scroll from the KING. ) — giving them a letter to present to the English court ! |
| 22 | I 'm amazed how difficult it is occasionally for a murderer to despatch his victim : in the Thames Valley we once had a case where no fewer than twenty-three vicious stab-wounds were insufficient to complete the sorry business . |
| 23 | But it was surely more than a matter of stylistic fashion which prompted the Jesuit scholar Fr J. H. Pollen to preface his very useful collection of sources for the Babington Plot of 1586 , designed to kill Elizabeth , published in 1922 , with statements such as ‘ The interest attaching to Queen Mary 's wonderful personality is so great , that when she is taken away , all else seems to fade into insignificance . ’ |
| 24 | for a quote to preface his latest thesis |
| 25 | They kept their heads down in their books though they had long ceased to study , unwilling to catch his eye or even to breathe loudly . |
| 26 | The solicitor went to catch his train and presently Wexford heard the aunt say : |
| 27 | When are you going to catch his killer , that 's what I want to know ? |
| 28 | He leaned over to catch his father 's sleeve and hissed , ‘ No feckin' need to come back at all ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ One day , ’ Lonnie is saying , ‘ I want someone to catch his soul , to show what a fine human being he is . ’ |
| 30 | With Nurse 's letter folded in his hand , he ran all the way down to the infants ' school on the corner before stopping to catch his breath . |