Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smart-money crowd is saying that the revised scoring — with every race counting for title points — is tailor-made for this French Ferrari driver , who now has a more-than-willing helper in Jean Alesi to look after the business of returning the Ferrari compliment to Senna and allowing Prost to go about his business unencumbered by Brazilians wishing to use his piece of road . |
| 2 | Everybody , regardless of ethnic background , religious or personal belief , has the right to go about his or her life free from the threat of intimidation and assault . |
| 3 | If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche . |
| 4 | And as if that were not enough , the church bell is also , by ancient repute , therapeutic : place inside it if you can whatever part of your body is troubling you , get the bell ringer to go about his business and you will , with luck , be cured . |
| 5 | Every time a Labour MP pairs with a Tory , leaving that Tory MP free to go about his other business commitments , most of them highly paid , that MP abstained from taking part in opposing this government 's policies . |
| 6 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 7 | Williams , who beat Trevor Currie on Tuesday night to add the European championship to his Commonwealth title , may have to wait for his shot at the British champion , though Mason rises to his former sparring partner 's rhetoric . |
| 8 | Deng Xiaoping managed to stay alive and did not wish to wait for his own death before being given any credit . |
| 9 | Never one to let a lack of cash stand in his way , Desmond persuaded the liquidator to agree to a long closing — i.e. to wait for his money until UPH had re-sold the site . |
| 10 | Magwitch was taken to prison to wait for his trial . |
| 11 | He did not have long to wait for his answer . |
| 12 | As the black chauffeur-driven Jaguar pulled up outside , Coy came into the reception area to wait for his guest . |
| 13 | Would the Minister like to clarify that now , or would he prefer to wait for his PPS ? |
| 14 | He seemed to wait for his words to sink in , then added , slowly and with emphasis , ‘ Pizarro was a thug . |
| 15 | I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects . |
| 16 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 17 | He can indulge himself with whichever other women attract him , but you 're to remain for his exclusive use , keeping yourself unencumbered , ready and available for whenever he has a whim to renew the relationship ? ’ |
| 18 | The tunic fitted over a loose linen shirt and was belted snugly by the sash that Riven was coming to see as his own . |
| 19 | The glamorous nightdress I 'd bought to wear for his visit was still lying in my locker and , instead , I was wearing a shabby old hospital gown . |
| 20 | He beckoned her to sit between his thighs , and his heart missed a beat when she meekly obeyed . |
| 21 | This man is learning slowly how deeply the experience of God 's forgiveness has to penetrate through his whole being . |
| 22 | He slotted one of his locally acquired S/M videos — ultra-hardcore , but he knew where to go for his supplies — into his television and settled back to enjoy himself . |
| 23 | he has a burly pair of shoulders and an inclination to go for his shots . |
| 24 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 25 | Is he , is he going to go for his black ? |
| 26 | Of the 30 patients randomised to NIPPV , 4 did not receive it : 2 because they were confused and could not cooperate , 1 because he was unable to breathe through his nose , and 1 because he requested the withdrawal of all active treatment . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it seems to me that Gironella is right , or that he is right in so far as he is using ‘ mestizo ’ to claim for his work a Mexican , not a European identity . |
| 28 | My perfect house , the one I am condemned to search for just as the womaniser in 10 is condemned to search for his impossible mate , could only have existed in some fiction I had read — or in a past life . |
| 29 | I ca n't imagine he has ever had to search for his mother , or had narcolepsy , or become a hustler , yet he does all three so brilliantly in the film it breaks your heart . |
| 30 | From the clifftop he watched the small figure of Detective Furness in his red anorak on the saddle below , twisting from one side to another as he strained his eyes against the bright sunlight to search for his charge . |