Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see his identification . |
| 2 | He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented . |
| 3 | ‘ Asked to see his driving licence . ’ |
| 4 | If after the contract is formed one party refuses to perform unless the contract is amended to include his terms , it is unlikely that the terms will apply even if the other agrees : even if there is consideration for the other 's promise , the threat to break the contract amounts to economic duress ( see Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco ( Importers and Distributors ) Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 641 ) . |
| 5 | Jock then tried to hit Denis , who was still swinging at Michael , who did n't want to hit his big brother , and stumbled back into Sean , who jumped to one side and collided with Pat Kelly , knocking his next drink out of his hand ! |
| 6 | She was able to talk to his teacher , and when the teasing and probing of insensitive schoolfriends became hard to handle , Robert was able to talk about this with Theresa — he did n't want to burden his parents with it . |
| 7 | Lady Maude had given him a few pennies and tomorrow he planned to see his friend in Crabbe Street . |
| 8 | Bradford Northern coach Peter Fox has delayed naming his side for tomorrow 's Trophy quarter-final against Widnes but Great Britain scrum-half Deryck Fox is definitely out . |
| 9 | Edward agreed to renounce his claim to the French crown , while John was to abandon his demand for sovereignty over the lands ceded to the English . |
| 10 | A straightforward man ( Ed O'Neill ) agrees to drive his girlfriend 's son home from boarding school for Thanksgiving . |
| 11 | Mahmoud would be going over Zoser 's contacts with a fine-tooth comb and , especially after their last exchange , Owen did not want to queer his pitch . |
| 12 | My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video . |
| 13 | ( I recently watched a more formal version of this technique where a class of adolescents was invited to direct the teacher in how to appear as a King of a small Greek State in classical times who had lost his power to a conquering neighbouring state but who did not want to lose his dignity . |
| 14 | But the United boss declared : ‘ Mark Hughes has a lot of pride and he will not want to lose his position . |
| 15 | But this bloke did n't want to lose his pool table . |
| 16 | I did n't look at Bob ; did n't want to see his disapproval , all too wretchedly aware that I had n't done very well . |
| 17 | In Germany , by contrast , technical education was well advanced , and Napoleon had had the foresight to create institutions of excellence which would provide France with its future engineers , agriculturalists and the rest ; but many an English self-made man would want to see his offspring succeed in altogether ‘ cleaner ’ and more respectable fields , making their mark as doctors , lawyers , Oxford classicists or even politicians . |
| 18 | But what I did n't know was he was a member of the local mafia and did n't want to see his chance of making a fortune disappear into thin air . |
| 19 | Does the Secretary of State agree with Duncan McNeill , whom he appointed to promote his hospital trusts , that trust status provides an alternative to operating and remaining within the mainstream national health service ? |
| 20 | that bloody dog last night I could 've wrung his neck , mm I could 've , he just did n't damn well stop |
| 21 | The police are entitled to tell the person walking away from the scene to discontinue using his filthy language , which would in all likelihood constitute an offence under section 5 of the new Act . |
| 22 | A creditor who failed to lodge his proof before an interim dividend was declared is not entitled to disturb that interim distribution but is entitled to receive a payment in priority to other creditors from further funds as available ; similarly a creditor whose proof is increased after an interim dividend has been declared . |
| 23 | But he had stopped trusting his thoughts . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 25 | James Halden , of course , had no idea that he was helping to support his own daughter . |
| 26 | Aurangzeb spent as little time as possible in the city , preferring to continue his campaigns from Aurangabad , his own foundation in the Deccan . |
| 27 | Thomas had experienced learning difficulties since he was five , but experts used by his local authority failed to spot his dyslexia . |
| 28 | After watching several performances he approached Ray and asked to paint his portrait . |
| 29 | Chris only has to go to see his wife once a week in that cottage hospital and we 're able to meet quite often now . ’ |
| 30 | I can also confirm that £300 is available to enable John Bowers , of the Leeds Business School , to continue pursuing his critical examination of the economic justification of the barrage scheme on our behalf . |