Example sentences of "[verb] to his [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had a letter from Edwin 's solicitor asking her to come to his office the following day . |
| 2 | On returning to his office the following Monday , Mark was surprised to find that it was now occupied by visiting American auditors . |
| 3 | The training officer of one licensed dealer always recommended to his trainees the cheeky approach : " Call your clients by their Christian names . |
| 4 | I returned to his caravan the following afternoon after school bearing my load , which was by then little more than a dusty stain on the inside of a beaker . |
| 5 | Someone brought to his notice the fifth commandment , to honour your father and mother . |
| 6 | If the format was chosen by a mosaicist 's clients ( as seems likely ) it is also difficult to attribute to his discretion the occasional regularities in the form and placements of motif . |
| 7 | ( f ) Indemnity Whilst it might readily be implied that where one partner 's breach of some provision in the partnership agreement leads to liability attaching to his co-partners the latter should have the right to an indemnity from their colleague , the better practice is to make that right express ( Clause 16.02 ) in the partnership agreement . |
| 8 | The soldier looked over the parapet and saw to his horror the vague heap of a body ; he scrambled down the bank but as he approached , the vision slowly faded , there was no one there . |
| 9 | It would have been better if he had been less conscientious , because he had broken one of his ribs against the handle of the winch and as he struggled to his feet the sharp broken edge of the bone penetrated slightly into his lung . |
| 10 | Cook , Cook , Cook ! we croaked in deprecatory tones as one by one we crept past him cowed and cold , fearing that he might invent some pretext to detain us … we hurried to bring to his notice the only name which seems to have power in Syria , that famous name of the hydra-headed , the indispensable , the world-wide Cook . |