Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was rarely home , even Pat only went to his flat three or four times . |
| 2 | But the behaviour of Reverend Prentice has only added to his anguish . |
| 3 | When the dance ended , he released her without a word and moved away to talk to his mother and sister , who had been crying passionately in the church as they watched Damian become Rachel 's husband . |
| 4 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 5 | His knowledge in the improving of ground , it seems has now redounded to his disadvantage . |
| 6 | Spiking of losses Colin Webley , the club kipper has now returned to his favorit posishun behind the T-counter . |
| 7 | He was always talking about it and it caused much worry to his mother Sadie and her husband Daniel . |
| 8 | He was staring and trembling and his great-size seemed only to add to his air of stricken misery . |
| 9 | The affair seemed only to add to his status as folk hero . |
| 10 | Lord Wakeham , who had come with the necessary cheque , had muttered something about boys being boys , and that Robertson would do well to go to his hotel and sleep it off . |
| 11 | Sir Bryan had done well to play to his handicap , but he could not resist telling everyone what he would have done if he 'd had his James Braid putter . |
| 12 | Yesterday , having recovered sufficiently to return to his hotel , he attempted to withdraw from international judo by offering his resignation . |
| 13 | The thought came into her mind that , while she had been doing that , Alain had been here , going out on his splendid machine , coming home to talk to his mother and to her father . |
| 14 | He must have practically sprinted to his house , grabbed the bottle and glasses and sprinted back again . |
| 15 | William went inside to talk to his Mum |
| 16 | I know like , anyway but like , Scott had gone home said to his mum like , is his mum is n't , going what 's that on your neck ? |
| 17 | But if within modern languages ( to keep , for the moment , to this example ) a candidate for the GCSE were permitted to offer , as part of the evidence that went towards his certificate , the grades he had achieved in tests , starting from the most elementary and progressing upwards according to his ability , the ‘ differentiation ’ problem would be virtually solved . |
| 18 | No , no , he lays there talking to his wine and stuff you know , it 's really |
| 19 | I was standing there talking to his daughter , Millie . |
| 20 | h he 's got a , he 's coming down from Edinburgh and he wants to call in and see me about something and I do n't know what because I 've only spoken to his secretary . |
| 21 | While Paddy Mayne and his men were busily raiding , Stirling had finally succumbed to his desert sores and had been hospitalized in Cairo . |
| 22 | He had finally settled to his fate : socialist entrepreneur of the grand scale . |
| 23 | Barry Glenn , assistant manager at Perry 's Brasserie in Darlington , had just returned to his home in Harris Street on Sunday night when a raider struck . |
| 24 | I 've already talked to his manager , Barry Hearn , and we believe Herbie has earned his right to challenge Lennox . |
| 25 | He had always pretended to his employer that he did n't . |
| 26 | Although the family was now impoverished and the estate sold Lord Dungannon was bringing up his considerable family in a modest villa in Bayswater — the boy had still gone to his father 's school . |
| 27 | Now , however , almost a decade later , it did not seem nearly so large and he found himself remembering the good things — the warm , cosy atmosphere of Mrs Appleby 's kitchen ; the wonderful view across the garden and pastures from all the south-facing windows ; the pungent smell of the horses , so well loved by Uncle Cosmo , in the well-kept stables ; the fascinating portrait of his handsome father in the gallery ; the stamp collection and lead soldiers that had once belonged to his father in the shabby old nursery , where he , a homesick boy , had secretly penned so many letters to Alice . |
| 28 | Charlie tried to take in everything at once , but his eyes settled on a coloured picture that had hung above his bed in Whitechapel Road and had once belonged to his mother . |
| 29 | He remembered the many faces of Sylvie , the child-woman with the mischievous glance who had stolen apples in the Paris market , the girl he had obsessively trailed , the passionate creature who had boldly come to his flat and pleasured him to the point of pain , the frightened child who pushed him away and clung to him simultaneously . |
| 30 | And and er we 've then contributed to his cost down |