Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cole appeared before the Board and acknowledged that the Coffin was not made according to his Contract whereupon he was strongly cautioned by the Chairman as to his future conduct . |
| 2 | However , so insistent was the man , saying his message was a matter of life or death , that Meredith 's mother finally agreed to go to his room to see if he would emerge and listen to what the messenger had to say . |
| 3 | Michael was yesterday allowed to return to his home in Wavertree , Liverpool . |
| 4 | Throughout the autumn and winter he suffered from feverish colds and attacks of bronchitis , and was often forced to take to his bed for a week or fortnight at a time . |
| 5 | Watson 's ignorance was widely presumed to extend to his boss , later the President ; but Bush seems to have perfected the art of attending meetings , talking to North and even encountering some of the fieldworkers of the operations without ever being tainted by what was occurring . |
| 6 | She had even suggested coming to his flat . |
| 7 | He had half turned to walk to his car , which he had left down by the jetty , when we heard the sound of a horn , pressed just once — not to warn us against danger but to attract our attention . |
| 8 | We can be very sure that the story-telling with which Leonard grew up — from grandparents , parents and Hebrew teachers — never failed to emphasise this aspect of his heritage ; never failed to add to his sense of duty and destiny . |