Example sentences of "to his [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With help , he explored his feelings and to his horror found himself crying , not for his father , but for himself . |
| 2 | Mr Harper is dedicated to his work earning nothing but love and respect for it . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose he 's written to his firm telling them not to keep his job open for him ? ’ |
| 4 | The eight stitches to his forehead took his tally to 23 from three knocks on the head this season . |
| 5 | Sir Geoffrey rang through to his secretary to ask her to bring in tea , and we chatted over tea for a few minutes . |
| 6 | The merchant unwittingly parodies Christ 's resurrection in his withdrawal to his counting-house to review his affairs : He descends only to join the rest of the household in a superficial scanting of Christian ritual between the call of the business world and the lure of socializing : Note the distraction and reluctance implied by the " " But … " " at the beginning of line 251 in comparison with the consecutive " " And … " 's that introduce more pleasing activities . |
| 7 | She wrote a memorial to his brother George , now Prince Regent , Nelson 's friend , reminding him of the codicil which the national hero had made to his will leaving her and Horatia to the nation , and asking for it to be recognized in some tangible form . |
| 8 | To Sainte Colombe , music is all about sadness and loss ; he added a seventh string to his viol to make it sound more melancholy . |
| 9 | I lost him twice , buried up to his head help me help me |
| 10 | Mr Anderson went across to his home to inform his wife and when he learned of the family circumstances he immediately paid Mrs Stevens £50 . |
| 11 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 12 | he was merely pandering to his feelings did nothing for the children he left behind . |
| 13 | A future director of the National Theatre who admired Leavis 's lectures at Cambridge has since remarked that ‘ all we students pretended we sped to his lectures to imbibe his humanism , ’ whereas in fact they were enjoying his character-assassinations : ‘ Strange that a great moralist should be so destructive about creative artists . ’ |
| 14 | This hit home for me in a 10-mile traffic gridlock around Birmingham last weekend , gazing at the rows of orange cones he swore to sweep away with Citizens ' Charters while listening to his critics savage his new improved Classless Honours List . |
| 15 | In the camp of the Phoenix King , Caledor prayed to all the gods and to his grandsire to aid him . |
| 16 | Susy 's affectionate and gentle nature eased it on the one side , James 's common sense and recognition of Susy 's value to his life made it easier on his . |
| 17 | Pye 's very lukewarm support for the parliamentarian side in the civil war may seem to have owed more to his determination to retain his office than to any principled convictions . |
| 18 | When an emotionally articulate speaker wants to convey to me , not the fact that he is sad , but in what way and to what degree , his language becomes rhythmic and metaphorical , pulls me to his viewpoint to visualize his situation becomes a poetry which infects me with his melancholy and a rhetoric stirring me to help him , and afterwards perhaps I find myself regretting having committed myself to an action in his interests rather than my own . |
| 19 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 20 | Cheesemaking is very labour-intensive and the producer must be dedicated to his art to maintain his enthusiasm . |
| 21 | The General beckoned to his orderly to bring his horse forward and , ignoring the Prussian musketry , he pulled himself into his saddle and drew his sword . |
| 22 | The input , which is the same material from the recipient 's viewpoint , must be adapted to his ability to absorb it . |
| 23 | He tried the door and to his surprise found it unlocked . |
| 24 | He rose to his feet to hold her more firmly . |
| 25 | But the moment he got to his feet to begin his speech , the windows began to rattle with the din from outside . |
| 26 | We have also heard some honest interventions , however , The hon. and learned Member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) staggered to his feet to tell us that he did not believe a word of what Ministers were saying . |
| 27 | I 'm sorry , I do n't know how to pronounce your name , ’ and Pavel said , ‘ Please do n't worry about it , ’ and got to his feet to follow her . |
| 28 | Alexander had smiled and risen to his feet to kiss her lightly on the cheek . |
| 29 | ‘ It means good night , ’ Feargal explained as he got to his feet to kiss his mother goodnight . |
| 30 | He had already sent one message to the police about Selden , and another to his boy to stop him taking food to the hut . |