Example sentences of "[adv] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | At nights he imagined she was beside him in bed , naked and wanton , submitting eagerly to his advances . |
| 2 | His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters who responded eagerly to his promise of a " New Deal " , and he polled 22 million votes to Hoover 's 15 million , carrying 42 out of 48 states . |
| 3 | When it was pressed again , doggedly but almost blindly , he struck the questing sword expertly out of the hand that held it , with only the measured force required , and reached a hand eagerly to his adversary as he crumpled to his knees . |
| 4 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 5 | Like a novice swimmer suddenly caught in a flood-tide , she was swept along , clinging fiercely to his shoulders as he found her lips , invaded her mouth , his tongue entwining with hers . |
| 6 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 7 | She does not pretend that Ben 's ordeal resulted directly from the ban , but she believes it contributed to the chain of events which led inexorably to his present stay in south-east London 's Bethlem Hospital . |
| 8 | He tossed the garment casually on to a chair , and her eyes were drawn inexorably to his broad expanse of chest . |
| 9 | There were even rumours that it was going to go straight through the middle of Henry s house , a thought that , somewhat to his surprise , filled him with savage pleasure . |
| 10 | Somewhat to his surprise , Dalgliesh found himself accepting . |
| 11 | Somewhat to his surprise he heard himself telling her so . |
| 12 | Rory loved it , somewhat to his surprise ; a holiday from holidays . |
| 13 | Somewhat to his surprise , he was put through to her at once . |
| 14 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 15 | From Waterloo station , he phoned the offices of The Courier and somewhat to his surprise , found himself put straight through to Jonathan Minter . |
| 16 | Her eyes flew suddenly to his . |
| 17 | Brought up in an English public school , Alexander is introduced very suddenly to his new destiny and he reacts predictably ; when he examines the documents attesting to his birth he feels ‘ a sudden thrill of pride ’ : |
| 18 | Nigel was flagging , but much to his relief the man took over and delivered an admirable lecture on French surrealist poetry . |
| 19 | Much to his surprise she chatted to him quite amicably for a change . |
| 20 | Gina returned , bearing a decent-looking slice from a Victoria sponge , much to his surprise . |
| 21 | As a result , although his club was one of the first to develop Smiley culture , much to his relief Danny never became a tabloid Mr Big . |
| 22 | London Assurance owed much to his ability to hammer a text into presentable shape . |
| 23 | Much to his horror he was swept off his fret and sent flying through the corridors by a roomful of water . |
| 24 | David Sutherland , much to his annoyance , had been left out of raiding activities and was put in charge of training the SBS contingent for water-borne operations in the Mediterranean . |
| 25 | He tells also of a lady at a dance whose partner thought she had dropped her pearls only to find , much to his consternation and her confusion , that they were the ubiquitous globules of mercury . |
| 26 | Pitsligo died there in 1767 , head , much to his surprise , still firmly attached to his unrepentant shoulders . |
| 27 | Much to his surprise , the oil did not sting . |
| 28 | Much to his surprise , he found Burn was already staying there but ‘ laid up with a severe illness ’ , so he arranged to meet him on the following Monday . |
| 29 | Much to his regret , his last interview — with Houston detectives — earned him a trip to the county jail . . |
| 30 | Much to his credit , the author is even-handed in his criticism of conservative evangelical and ecumenical groups for the rationalisations ( theological and promotional ) which both employ in justifying or covering up non-growth situations ’ ( IRM April 1971:127 ) . |