Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb past] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a debate Howe understandably does does not want to enter into but he has noticed a similarity between the current team and the Arsenal side he coached to the Double 21 years ago — coincidentally , the same season the Blues won their last major honour , the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 2 | He has neither a running mate nor a campaign headquarters , but when he announced his bid he shot to the top of the polls . |
| 3 | Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims endorsed the Christian monarchy whose laws promised both security for ecclesiastical wealth and firm support for the church as an institution with its own hierarchical structure , as well as investing Charles 's kingship with new forms of legitimacy , Hincmar , as he wrote proudly to the pope , regularly supplied the military aid he owed to the king . |
| 4 | Frightened by the stranger he ran to the kitchen to find his mother . |
| 5 | The most fêted boxer of all time , Muhammad Ali , was adored because of the skill he brought to the ring . |
| 6 | In his ten years with Intelligence he rose to the rank of colonel , but his superiors ' prejudice against his British ancestry and education became unbearable and he resigned to take up the post offered to him with UNACO . |
| 7 | To change the mood he returned to the seat opposite her and daringly , reached a hand across and squeezed her knee . |
| 8 | The question he put to the children was : ‘ What is it you think with ? ’ |
| 9 | Upon his return he introduced to the Pathology Department some of the practices he had enjoyed in America , such as weekly clinical-pathological conferences , attended by both staff and students . |
| 10 | After the war he returned to the Dictionary . |
| 11 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 12 | surrounded by his remarkable collection of relics and reminders of Napoleon , dreamed only of taking the lead in a successful war of conquest , … said that he hoped war would occur while his father was alive ; but , if not , he would start a war the moment he came to the throne . |
| 13 | The rank is unique to the RUC , and a proposal by Sir Hugh to abolish it in a restructuring package he put to the Police Authority two years ago caused anger within senior members of the force . |
| 14 | Twice Richards complained about the ball , each time causing a lengthy hold-up to upset the batsmen 's concentration , and behaving with such arrogance that after the match he apologized to the umpires for it . |
| 15 | This accounts for the attention he gave to the reserves , or ‘ spare men ’ as he liked to call them . |
| 16 | After a day or two of confinement in a darkened room he returned to the hospital and took over his ward again . |
| 17 | Later at the buffet lunch in the marquee he barged to the front of the queue saying , ‘ Oh , I do n't believe in queuing ! ’ and when somebody behind him objected , convinced her with a sort of apologetic bashfulness that actually he has diabetes , you see , and so needs to eat right now . |
| 18 | One day he fell to the floor at my feet , shaking violently . |
| 19 | Next day he went to the park , hoping to see her there ; but there was no sign of her , Selene , or the black pug . |
| 20 | But on the day he came to the TWW studio to be interviewed , he brought her with him and I thought what a shy , pleasant girl she was . |
| 21 | Later in the day he climbed to the roof of the Royal Courts of Justice and hurled slates and other objects into the courtyard below . |
| 22 | He stayed awake and after midnight he went to the room which Kate 's mother had set aside for his father to write about birds in . |
| 23 | On another occasion he went to the extreme of adulation , describing Mosley as the greatest man God had ever created . |
| 24 | After a while he went to the desk . |
| 25 | To her astonishment he came to the edge of the balcony and simply climbed across , ignoring the drop . |
| 26 | This was the closest Neil had ever come to Wembley and on the way home that night he came to the conclusion that this was the closest he would ever come in his entire life . |
| 27 | The publicity he gave to the idea in his paper was taken up by other newspapers and the example of Gloucester was followed all over the country . |
| 28 | Officials said that , had Labour won , there would have been a period of uncertainty , although Mr Kinnock 's policies had changed and he was no longer the frightening prospect he seemed to the US administration a few years ago . |
| 29 | On an impulse he returned to the bar , took off his own hat , the one he had bought on Maidstone 's advice , and handed it over to Franco for safe keeping . |
| 30 | So the next morning he went to the train station and thought whether he should pay the fare or not to go to London . |