Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When high rents and falling prices threatened the farm with insolvency he decided to use the experience he had obtained with domestic animals by training to become a veterinary surgeon . |
| 2 | The governing principle , therefor , in Britten 's operas is the musico-dramatic thrust , and the words he set to bring the opera about are stepping-stones to the final product . |
| 3 | But there was no mistake when on 21 April 1823 , while still at work on the Crucifixion he had to put the project on hold . |
| 4 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 5 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 6 | For an hour they flew a repetitive zig-zag from their base to the Front and back , until Callaghan 's neck was stiff and his eyes ached ; but when he suddenly spotted an aircraft he wanted to shout the news . |
| 7 | The pulling-back of 6th Armoured Brigade had given the Divisional Commander the force he needed to destroy the enemy . |
| 8 | In his early months he sought to stimulate the interest of the Cambridge Board in the appointment of resident tutors to pioneer development in the eastern counties of the District . |
| 9 | From around the middle of May he began to order the confiscation of the family 's land , although there were no legal grounds for its forfeiture . |
| 10 | From around the middle of May he began to order the confiscation of the family 's land , although there were no legal grounds for its forfeiture . |
| 11 | With great skill he managed to get the overladen aircraft down on the desert , but at dawn they discovered German traffic on a nearby road . |
| 12 | Mariscotti was intrigued and as there are no government archives he had to piece the story together . |
| 13 | For a moment he paused to massage the circulation back into his tightly compressed toes , then he was racing along the narrow alley as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 14 | For a moment he wanted to open the envelope and uncover the mystery there and then . |
| 15 | To find a job he had to hide the fact that he had been in a mental hospital . |
| 16 | The dykes he dug to create the farmland around Hatfield Moors can still be seen , harbouring the aquatic flora of the ancient fen : butter-yellow bladderwort and the feathery spires of mare's-tail . |
| 17 | Even if the defect was unknown to the seller he had to recompense the buyer . |
| 18 | From the hospital foyer he tried to telephone the Substitute who had been in court all afternoon and wanted to hear how things had gone . |
| 19 | The next day he returned to drop the other ; with a note begging the finder to keep it , as he had no use for only one glove . |
| 20 | The following day he threatened to veto the law again and , if necessary , to dissolve parliament . |
| 21 | On occasion he tried to recruit the Pope into his efforts , and the Americans in general could never understand why the Pope-like Ayatollah ( ’ His Holiness the Imam ’ ) could not with a snap of his fingers , get the hostages released . |
| 22 | The next night he improved to win the evening 's Crosse and Blackwell Christmas Carol Stakes , on the talented Everest Werra . |
| 23 | " For God 's sake ! " whispered Mr Plant , and without further argument he agreed to convey the tin bath from Swines ' yard to the rectory garden on the morning of Easter Saturday . |
| 24 | When living in his Stirling flat he contrived to flood the downstairs neighbours — three times ! |
| 25 | About three kilometres before he reached Fontanellato each morning he began to sound the whistle on the engine to warn us that he would soon be arriving . |
| 26 | In August he tried to win the rest of the Six over to major changes in the treaty which would reduce its supranational content and allow French forces greater freedom of action to please the Gaullists . |
| 27 | From then his career was hard graft : succeeding Brian Sellers as Yorkshire 's captain he had to rebuild the side which , although talented , never managed more than a shared title ; he won his England place on merit before succeeding Wally Hammond as captain when he had to face Don Bradman 's Australia . |
| 28 | ‘ When my mate asked him to let us finish our song he tried to shut the piano lid on his fingers — that could cause a musician some serious grief . ’ |
| 29 | In that taproom he decided to push the matter further and Catesby gave him his chance . |
| 30 | At Kelham he seemed to enjoy the company of the lay brothers and the students more than that of the fathers , though I fancy he enjoyed the company of the more lively minded among them , such as Father Gabriel , a shrewd and lively thinker . |