Example sentences of "to his [noun] [conj] he " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | It hung to his mid-calves and he was devoted to it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was both courageous and physically attractive , but deranged , and it was a great relief even to his associates when he left Scotland to die a pauper in Naples . |
| 7 | To ensure an employee becomes effective in his work as soon as possible , briefing on the areas mentioned above is most important but no matter how much business information is provided in advance , the expatriate can not give full attention to his work if he or members of his family suffer culture shock as a result of living in a strange environment . |
| 8 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 9 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms mostly to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 10 | ‘ I asked him about his attitude to his cousin and he said he did n't have an attitude but that he was very upset . ’ |
| 11 | He believed that his body was a good guide to his character and he punished it and indulged it by turns . |
| 12 | As a way of dealing with a crisis this seemed repugnant — a bit like a child only turning to his parents when he or she wants something . |
| 13 | Pumping adrenalin lent a shrill , neurotic edge to his voice as he answered . |
| 14 | There was a rough , slightly husky edge to his voice as he went on , ‘ That 's a very eye-catching garment you 're wearing . |
| 15 | The author warms to his subject when he writes of the Peninsular War . |
| 16 | He used it to his advantage as he used everything . |
| 17 | The two sets of metaphors have persisted side by side , not only in the West since the ancient Greeks , but in other civilizations as well ( Chinese ming ‘ bright ’ is the ordinary word for the enlightenment of the sage , which is often compared to a mirror reflecting things exactly as they are , while te ‘ get ’ is used of insight ; ‘ I 've got it ! ’ says the disciple to his master as he catches on to the Tao ) . |
| 18 | So strongly does Lord Lane hold to his principles that he is prepared to face imprisonment in upholding them . |
| 19 | The scar goes right up to his elbow and he got it in a fight just like the scar he 's going to have round his throat . ’ |
| 20 | Is the doctor in breach of his duty to his patient if he discontinues treatment ? |
| 21 | A councillor may give written notice to his council that he wishes to receive a financial loss allowance instead of an attendance allowance . |
| 22 | His hand would come up to his head and he would wipe back his hair in a little , unconscious gesture of annoyance . |
| 23 | Well , Wayne is very gullible when he 's had a few and when you , Leslie , told him he was going to be a football star , it went to his head and he happily paid you the £10 signing-on fee . |
| 24 | I put a bullet close to his head and he dived for cover . |
| 25 | He was woken by a gun pointing to his head as he lay on the floor of his living room . |
| 26 | He was woken by a gun pointing to his head as he lay on the floor of his living room . |
| 27 | But it was surely natural for it to feel a flutter of impatience with a fading tradition of Edwardian Modernism that had once invited the educated reader to find metaphysical foundations to his faith before he could believe life meant anything or was worth living . |
| 28 | But his tone left them in no doubt as to his feelings as he grunted , ‘ I suggested to your fiancée , ’ he uttered the noun with contempt , ‘ that she release you from this ridiculous arrangement . |
| 29 | Well they used to ask you to invite the e actually invite the American soldiers into your homes and my friend in Chuckery a couple of years ago , I was visiting him one Sunday lunch and a knock came to his door and he went and it was a guy who came over to see , his mum is now dead , but he , he come over he remembered him from the war . |
| 30 | Impulsively she touched her lips to his shoulder and he stirred sleepily , smiling as he opened his eyes . |