Example sentences of "[to-vb] his [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is guaranteed to find his plans frustrated by the more powerful departments of state , unless he runs constantly to Major for backing . |
| 2 | He waited until he could hear the water pot being pulled across the floor of the hut and then he entered to find his mother leaning against the mud wall and screaming for the doctor . |
| 3 | He had to tempt his man to go on the offensive and close with him , sure of his superior speed and skill , because his intended surprise attack would have only the one chance of success . |
| 4 | After Denzil had gone to work his driver returned with the car and took them shopping . |
| 5 | Stan started to sell his fossil finds to the museum and with the money he earned he was able to buy tools and a microscope which gave him a further insight into the subject . |
| 6 | Warm scents rose from a honeysuckle hedge at Monboddo , the much-changed home of a man who , according to Sir Walter Scott , went out at night with a candle to inspect his turnips growing in the fields ; who , hating to sit behind a horse 's backside , would not travel in a carriage and therefore — he was in his eighties — rode to London on horseback ; who took a cold bath every day and damaged his children 's health by insisting they did the same ; and who , when in residence at Edinburgh , gave dinner parties at which his wine-flagons were wreathed in garlands of roses . |
| 7 | I 'm not being critical of him , I 'm just saying now that he 's got to pick his time to go over the top . |
| 8 | Tim White casts doubts on Kalb 's ability to discharge his undertakings to care for the material he had collected . |
| 9 | Norman had to hole his putt to stay in the hunt — and failed . |
| 10 | And watching Gordon Wilson 's maiden speech to the Dublin Senate , one reflected that he is probably the only man in Ulster who is able to announce his intention to talk to the IRA and who no-one would dare to denounce . |
| 11 | The problem , however , is that though Sartre produces a provocative analysis of why Stalin was successful , this imperceptibly slides into an account of why Stalin had to do what he did , to the extent that Sartre appears to justify his actions according to the particular necessities of his historical circumstances . |
| 12 | A second line of argument advanced on behalf of the doctor to justify his failure to accede to the request of his patient is that the doctor must continue treatment because to do otherwise would render him criminally and/or civilly liable . |
| 13 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |
| 14 | He hated the dirt ; he wanted to touch nothing ; he lay on his side , trying not to let his ribs come against the inside of his shirt or his hand touch the blanket . |
| 15 | They are hatching a plan for Bruno to fight the new champion in China or London next spring , leaving Lewis to pursue his right to fight for the unified title through the American courts . |
| 16 | A short round woman in a big flowered apron , her long grey-black pigtail wound into a thick bun , came out of her cheese room and sent the Captain and the Brigadier along the edge of a muddy , sprouting cornfield to a distant pasture , leaving the Substitute to keep his shoes dry near the farmhouse . |
| 17 | But we do question whether their service is any more worthy of recognition than that of the average hard-working nurse , policeman on patrol or the small businessman who is struggling to keep his company going in the face of the recession and determined not to make his employees redundant . |
| 18 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 19 | Nutty guessed that some instinct told Sam to keep his mouth shut about the knacker-yard history . |
| 20 | Fortescue looked surprised , as if he had expected Athelstan to keep his mouth shut for the entire interview . |
| 21 | With great discretion , Dyson yawned , straining his muscles to keep his mouth shut at the same time . |
| 22 | It was held that the settlor had retained an interest in the accumulated income because the payments of income gave him the benefit of being able to withdraw his capital deposited at the bank . |
| 23 | " That was your idea , too , " Quiss said , not looking at her , but lowering his eyes to watch his finger moving over the table 's cut patterns . |
| 24 | Here , his unequivocal response to Mrs Hollar 's pleas — " Mrs Hollar , I will do everything I can for him " ( p. 82 ) — is made more emphatic by the fact that he interrupts her in order to say it , and its effect is to affirm his commitment to help at the expense of any considerations for his negative face , a change in priorities which is central to the development in Anderson 's character . |
| 25 | Until the Van Sant collection arrived in London for display in the ICA on Pall Mall , and we were able to see his creations fly by the Round Pond in Kensington Palace Gardens and at the Festival Hall on the River Thames , most of our kite-thinking came in straight lines . |
| 26 | The woodwork again came to Monaghan 's rescue eight minutes from time when Coyle weaved his way into the United penalty area , only to see his shot flicked onto the upright by O'Shea . |
| 27 | A friend wrote requesting to have his salary allotted to the widow " and that she would get a person to do the business " , but Barratt could see no way for the widow to be of service . |
| 28 | The second was that Article 3(1) of the Directive' the transferor 's rights and obligations arising from a contract of employment or from an employment relationship existing on the date of a transfer within the meaning of Article 1(1) shall , by reason of such transfer , be transferred to the transferee' did not require an employee who was opposed to the transfer to have his contract transferred with the business . |
| 29 | Lance Henly was destined to become a legend in Club lore and the only Secretary to have his photograph hung in the clubhouse . |
| 30 | Belfast man Hamilton Allen said he would prefer to have his pension paid into the bank . |