Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He mentioned he is also involved in a charity exercise for King Hospital — which is obviously linked to his family nearby . |
| 2 | Another common cause of accidents is the inexperienced pilot who buys a glider which is not suited to his skill and experience . |
| 3 | Kemp 's difficulty in defining ‘ science ’ and ‘ art ’ is not confined to his discussion of the earlier period . |
| 4 | But Dicey 's influence is not confined to his method . |
| 5 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 6 | He is totally dedicated to his calling , his art , and spares no expense to fulfil it . |
| 7 | The point is clear : if the hon. Gentleman feels that he is totally committed to his mandate and that he has not changed his opinion , he should ask the electors of Dunfermline , not me . |
| 8 | I 'm , I 'm under pressure for two decisions , Paul is here to speak to his paper and has to be in Sandwell at two o'clock , and I 'm told that the canteen closes at one thirty . |
| 9 | He is given the room key for room number 210 and is courteously shown to his room . |
| 10 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 11 | He says that the pain is so great that it brings tears to his eyes , makes him grumpy , and means he 's sometimes confined to his armchair for days on end . |
| 12 | Aristogeiton had his left arm extended , a cloak over it , his right back with a sword , so that his body is half turned to his right . |