Example sentences of "to his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did n't like to go against his grandmother who , in her grim fashion , had been kind to his dad at the last . |
| 2 | In his way — at times — he was directing us to his distance from the script , the movie , the work — ‘ Look ! |
| 3 | When summoned before the Privy Council , he defended this as an act of charity , comparable to his relief to the prisoners after Monmouth 's rebellion , and was discharged . |
| 4 | But he did not spend a single night in the river valley , preferring to return to his camp in the desert . |
| 5 | When he returned to his camp in the evening he found it deserted : while he had been feasting , Tafari 's agents had persuaded his troops to return home . |
| 6 | Angus had been to the town and he made his way back to his cottage along the shore . |
| 7 | Chancellor Fernandez will not have his contract renewed in June , thanks partly to his mishandling of the rainbow curriculum and partly to his boastful biography , ‘ Tales out of School ’ , which included some tactless remarks about the Board of Education . |
| 8 | He was frequently deceitful , as in his deliberate misrepresentations to his crew of the speed of their daily voyage . |
| 9 | It also gives the new caretaker a chance to settle to his tasks without the added problem of learning switchboard . |
| 10 | If the character has any sense , he will realize that being out in a lightning storm carrying a chunk of metal is n't a good idea , and drop it to his associates on the ground , turn ethereal , or take some other steps to ensure his safety . |
| 11 | She made supper for Jasper , who at once went up to his sleeping-bag on the top floor . |
| 12 | He tries to convey to her the vital importance that their complex relationship has to him as a counterpoint to his work on the New Jerusalem . |
| 13 | Attention is also devoted to his work in the fields of architecture and book illustration . |
| 14 | The landlord , who felt that the explanation — indeed , to all intents and purposes , the apology — he had made for his wife was more than enough to compensate for any gentlemanly inconvenience , was about to get back to his work in the fields when his visitor 's too casually direct questions about the mines charged him to stay . |
| 15 | After eating , the farmer , or my master , as I shall now call him , went back to his work in the fields . |
| 16 | With one look at me , he went to his work among the sick . |
| 17 | Bovis construction Group Chairman Sir Frank Lampl returned recently to his birthplace in the Czech Republic to receive an honourary doctorate from Brno Technical University , in recognition of his contribution to the international construction industry . |
| 18 | To use the same metaphor that de Gaulle had used about Barricades Week , the putsch burst the abscess of opposition to his policies within the army . |
| 19 | The logical crisis went back to the time when he first started to read philosophy as an undergraduate and related to his reading of the English Idealist philosophers , as well as to his return ( for the purposes of passing his exams , and later as a tutor ) to the English empiricists of the eighteenth century . |
| 20 | The dispute marked the latest stage in the political turmoil which had begun on Oct. 9 with Mamaloni 's resignation on as leader of the People 's Alliance Party ( PAP ) , shortly before he was due to face a challenge to his leadership at the ruling party 's annual convention . |
| 21 | Mr Major 's allies today laughed off suggestions that right-wing Tory MP and Euro-sceptic Teresa Gorman has emerged as a possible ‘ stalking horse ’ for a frivolous but potentially-damaging challenge to his leadership in the autumn . |
| 22 | Murmurs of a ‘ stalking-horse ’ challenge to his leadership before the October party conference have subsided . |
| 23 | A typical meal would consist of perhaps four dishes , and his favourite hot roast on a spit , brought directly to his platter from the kitchen . |
| 24 | He speaks a few sentences of rapid Thai to the guard , who stares at the two of them , breaks into a comprehending smile and turns away back to his hut at the foot of the drive . |
| 25 | One can identify the bulk , calculate the total loss and make the buyer bear a proportion according to his share of the bulk . |
| 26 | In addition to his share of the £136,000 prize fund for his match with Timman , he has already picked up a share ( with Timman ) of around £500,000 from sponsorship by the manufacturers of the Mephisto Chess Computer . |
| 27 | He had already written a note to Becky — with a little help from Father O'Malley — instructing her to sell the shop along with the two barrows if she possibly could and to hold on to his share of the money until he came back to Whitechapel . |
| 28 | Mr Souness , who arrived at a Manchester hospital offering the comment : ‘ I ca n't say I 'm looking forward to it but it is essential so it has to be done , ’ broke the news to his players on the way back from Sunday 's semi-final which Liverpool rescued late in extra time through Ronnie Whelan . |
| 29 | BRITISH LIONS captain Gavin Hastings paid tribute to his players after the narrow first Test defeat by New Zealand 's All Blacks in Christchurch . |
| 30 | THE sight of a frustrated Jim McLean gesticulating to his players from the touchline can be amusing in normal circumstances . |