Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun] to his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred . |
| 2 | As Owen had not appointed Yussuf to his service in the first place but Yussuf had appointed himself , this seemed beside the point . |
| 3 | Almost always considered secondary to his poetry , Masefield 's fiction has the same basic theme , man 's search for beauty — in nature , in ideas and , often , in the ideal of womanhood . |
| 4 | Little Billy always told lies to his mother , but they were never convincing . |
| 5 | At first I was bitterly jealous of Rachel and only wanted Jacob to love me more than her to win something from her for the first time in my miserable life , but by the end of that blissful week , I found that I , unfortunately , had also fallen victim to his charms . |
| 6 | The pair were in the front rank throughout , nothing else landing a blow , and Golden Chip had also dictated terms to his rivals over a mile on the same course four days earlier . |
| 7 | Bishop 's change in theological position and his abandonment of monastic life both caused sorrow to his community . |
| 8 | The magazine , acknowledging Chapman 's faithful work at the church , also paid tribute to his character and standing in the football world . |
| 9 | All familiar targets for the ice-climbing aspirations of Londoner Mick Fowler , who has now added Devon to his winter itinerary . |
| 10 | From the gallery , the feverish gaze of Diniz Vasquez held no recognition ; but still he had n't touched fire to his weapon . |
| 11 | Social services bring other partially sighted people to his nursery to show how life can be fulfilling for blind people even in the most visual of surroundings . |
| 12 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 13 | One of the Australian diggers on the other hand went home early to apply his newly won knowledge to his home state of New South Wales . |
| 14 | Evidently Francis had never made advances to his cousin . |
| 15 | He had obviously told the servants that he had accidentally set fire to his room by knocking over a lighted candle . |
| 16 | Five licences were granted at one session at Singleton ; three related to tiny parcels , while a whole virgate was let by a recently admitted tenant to his brother , presumably the elder , the younger having inherited under the custom of borough English , and probably under age . |