Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his trip to America in 1946 was partly of a business nature , that business could be combined with pleasure in meeting his " authors " , such as Auden and Djuna Barnes . |
| 2 | By the spring of 1527 , Henry had convinced himself that his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was contrary to divine law and canonically invalid , and had resolved to put Catherine aside and to marry Anne Boleyn . |
| 3 | The Chinese even suggested to Kissinger during the years of backdoor diplomacy before Nixon 's visit to Peking in 1971 that his channel to Peking via Bucharest was far from secure : Ceauşescu kept Brezhnev informed . |
| 4 | While admitting that his testimony to Congress in 1986 had contained inaccuracies , he denied that it had been his intention to mislead the investigation . |
| 5 | Within a month of his succession to Kennedy , Israeli newspapers were suggesting that ‘ President Johnson will be more responsive than his predecessor to appeals from sympathisers in the US . ’ |
| 6 | I was amused at Dr Spock 's comment about his book and his attitude to child-rearing towards the end of his life . |
| 7 | 4.3 We propose a general rule that the liability of the original tenant , and his entitlement to benefits under the lease , should not survive an assignment of the lease . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 'll ask the new vicar , Mr Allan , and his wife to tea on Wednesday , ’ said Marilla one day . |
| 9 | An important ecclesiastical recruit was Louis , a bastard grandson of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious 's archchancellor since 835 , who had transferred his post and his loyalty to Charles without hesitation in June 840 . |
| 10 | Not until Queen Anne 's reign did Mansel attract much attention , when he took the eye as one of Harley 's henchmen in the Commons , and his appointment to office in 1704 , as comptroller of the household and a privy councillor , was an integral part of the ministerial reconstruction in which Harley 's band of ‘ moderate ’ Tories came to the fore . |
| 11 | Mitterrand accepted the resignation of Chevènement as Defence Minister on Jan. 29 after a period of several months during which his outspoken pro-Arab views and his opposition to war in the Gulf had become an increasing source of tension within the government . |
| 12 | Hurtling along the open track and through what might be called a blinding blizzard , the C.P.R. ‘ Special ’ carried Gladstone Murray and his party to Regina in just over an hour . |
| 13 | For James and the Nazarean Party in Jerusalem , what matters is Jesus 's teaching and his claim to Messiahship in the established context of the time — as rightful king and liberator . |
| 14 | I greeted my cousin 's suggestion that I drive with him and his family to Italy for a skiing holiday with some apprehension . |
| 15 | Mosley had decided during the 1931 general election campaign to form a fascist movement , after the devastating defeat in which the New Party lost all its parliamentary seats and twenty-two of its twenty-four candidates forfeited their deposits , and his visit to Mussolini in Rome and to nazi leaders in Munich in January 1932 merely strengthened his resolve . |
| 16 | Despite all this creative activity Mozart composed no original symphonies until his trip to Paris in 1778 . |
| 17 | His business prospered , but his rise to prominence in printing circles was attributable to his contacts with the Tory party . |
| 18 | The archbishop could delay and immensely complicate matters , but his appeal to Rome in August 1297 had been barred , his excommunication of violators was countered by a writ of prohibition , his resolution was isolated by the alarmist fears of some clergy and the divided loyalties of others , especially those who were the king 's servants ; above all , Boniface VIII 's temporizing in France suggested that no archbishop henceforth could rely on papal support . |
| 19 | There had been intense speculation over whether or not Rawlings would compete in the first free presidential contest since his return to power in a military coup in December 1981 ( having previously chaired the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which had ruled Ghana from June to September 1979 — see pp. 30437-51 ; 31477-86 ) . |
| 20 | It will be recalled that Philpot , before his appointment to Stockport as Headmaster , had also been a master and housemaster at Cheltenham . |
| 21 | After his return to London from Pontardulais , Edward and Helen were finding it more difficult than ever to contain their desire for complete sexual union . |
| 22 | One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds . |