Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] his [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He phoned to tell his bosses the bad news . |
| 2 | When Carco 's concierge came to clean his room the next day , she almost fainted at the sight of the nude picture hanging over his bed . |
| 3 | Mr McWhirter 's methods meant that some — any — excuse had to be found to interrupt his recital every ten minutes or so . |
| 4 | I go to see his wife the next day . |
| 5 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
| 6 | Therefore if the hirer sells the goods , section 25 of the Sale of Goods Act and section 9 of the Factors Act will not operate to give his purchaser a good title . |
| 7 | He 'll be fighting to keep his lead the next day , for this first full stage , a circuit through the Basque country , will be fast , tricky , and an especial challenge for the Spanish riders . |
| 8 | He longed to give his monastery a wonderful gift , to fulfil his visions and be valued and praised . |
| 9 | A Word Child ( 1975 ) , indeed , is so specific in its references to places , and especially to places on the London Underground , that the narrator remarks he was once tempted to call his story the Inner Circle ; and Martin Amis 's London Fields ( 1989 ) is almost as detailed about Notting Hill as if it were a guide-book . |
| 10 | The man of the house told us that he had to repaint his boat every few weeks as the chemicals stripped it back to bare wood.And his wife complained of burns all up one arm from washing her clothes in contaminated water . |
| 11 | Yet before he made the astonishing leap from Paupers ' Alley with Cambridge United to Millionaires ' Row with Manchester City Dublin , 23 , had to learn his lessons the hard way . |
| 12 | The pain increased and when he attempted to move his legs the right one went into an agonising cramp that caused his eyes and mouth to open simultaneously . |