Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
| 2 | In the course of his summing up to the jury , he stated : |
| 3 | Charles had never been carefree , never been allowed to be childish or make mistakes like his peers , never had friends to call on and pour his heart out to . |
| 4 | Lyfing of Crediton doubtless owed his advancement largely to the influence of his uncle Brihtwold of Cornwall and to his own services to Cnut during the 1027 pilgrimage to Rome . |
| 5 | But he had to play his part through to the end . |
| 6 | As her father began his fight back to health , Diana 's mother took a hand in guiding her career . |
| 7 | round about the first world war time , he used this sort of sort of pitching his tent up to the and staying there and learning their language and observing their rituals , getting to know them . |
| 8 | He gripped it with his hands , got his foot on to the latch , heaved up and rolled over the top . |
| 9 | Her fingers were gentle but firm , and he sprawled back on his elbows and watched her as she lifted his foot on to her lap and massaged all the tired muscles . |
| 10 | Flat road , no brakes , and he 's got his foot hard to the floor , it wo n't go any faster . |
| 11 | ‘ So Damon 's giving all his money away to charity , ’ retorts Marlon sardonically . |
| 12 | And of Katherine Hepburn : ‘ She ran the gamut of expressions from A to B. ’ One-liners that catch the eye include : The best play I ever slept through ; I 've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella ; I saw the play at a disadvantage — the curtain was up ; The scenery was beautiful but the actors got in front of it ; When Mr Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell , he underestimates the distance . ’ |
| 13 | His obstinacy up to now might be all bravado . |
| 14 | No French cantatas are as tonally wayward , although the keys chosen for the principal movements in the first book ( 1706 ) of Jean-Baptiste Stuck , one of the pioneers of the genre , and who claimed in his preface simply to be joining French words to Italian music , hint at a similar approach ( table 1 ) . |
| 15 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 16 | As he finished his pasta , Guido sat back in his seat , touching his napkin briefly to his lips . |
| 17 | He wheeled his bike round to the back . |
| 18 | As the queue starts to break up , the lanky guy sends his runner back to me . |
| 19 | A person can become a Christian for all sorts of reasons , but it is vital for Christianity if it is true , that he think through his faith afterwards to the point where he understands why he believes — at least to the level at which his mind demands satisfaction in understanding other areas of life . |
| 20 | l Louise looked at her young son and suggested he might like to take his easel on to the patio . |
| 21 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 22 | Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table . |
| 23 | She watched him warily as he dropped his briefcase on to the chair next to her own and perched on the arm , stretching out long legs , and running his fingers through his hair . |
| 24 | Her boyfriend had his hair down to his shoulders and wore a bandeau . |
| 25 | If he takes his clothes off , which he does not do very easily because it hurts so much , one sees open wounds from the top of his chest down to his toes . |
| 26 | Peter was famous for nothing besides denying the Lord and putting his foot in his mouth up to the kneecap on several occasions , but he was chosen . |
| 27 | Ellwood put his mouth close to the old man 's ear and whispered , showing his teeth . |
| 28 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 29 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , God ! ’ he said , laughing , his body relaxing and his eyes glittering as he bent his head , his mouth close to hers . |