Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Bede came to write further of him , he referred only to his subjection of the Picts ( HE 111 , 24 ) . |
| 2 | James himself , ill with some ailment which has never been reliably diagnosed , and perhaps debilitated by a variety of medicines in which he dabbled , fled despondently to his palace at Linlithgow to see his pregnant wife . |
| 3 | It contributed also to his stress on ‘ The Unity of European Culture ’ , though ever since ‘ Tradition and the Individual Talent ’ Eliot had been preoccupied with ‘ the mind of Europe ’ . |
| 4 | All played directly to his love of the theatrical . |
| 5 | But , as Mao grew increasingly suspicious of and isolated from more distinguished revolutionary veterans , he turned increasingly to his secretary for help as he tried to rally support for more radical , leftist policies . |
| 6 | Arnold Leese 's anti-semitism owed much to his hatred of Jewish methods of slaugh-tering animals and the cruelty that he believed resulted . |
| 7 | MINTON 'S success as a commercial artist owed much to his association with John Lehmann , to whom he had been introduced by Vaughan . |
| 8 | ‘ According to the report he was at The Morvyl Arms until closing time , after which he walked home to his caravan at Mil ! er 's Bottom . ’ |
| 9 | Bovis construction Group Chairman Sir Frank Lampl returned recently to his birthplace in the Czech Republic to receive an honourary doctorate from Brno Technical University , in recognition of his contribution to the international construction industry . |
| 10 | He went home to his fiancee in Scarborough , North Yorks , after a hospital check-up . |
| 11 | A typical meal would consist of perhaps four dishes , and his favourite hot roast on a spit , brought directly to his platter from the kitchen . |
| 12 | I had n't any idea what he was talking about but I listened attentively to his description of lands I had never imagined , with their dark green forests , snowy slopes and frozen lakes . |
| 13 | He could think of nothing less suited to him , and the job went instead to his colleague at the Home Office , David Mellor , who subsequently pipped him to the Cabinet . |
| 14 | When he got back to his room at the Grand Hotel , he spoke urgently to his solicitor with a view to bringing a private prosecution against the Party 's chief agent for assault and battery . |
| 15 | As the sun caught the coppery glint of the curls which clung closely to his head like a cap , the familiar Welsh lilt greeted her . |
| 16 | HEARTS defender Craig Levein today gazed ahead to his vision of Scotland 's international future and immediately demanded to be part of it . |
| 17 | This experience shaped the political ambition that led ultimately to his coup of 23 July 1952 . |
| 18 | They were the gate by which he entered on to the path which led ultimately to his acceptance as the authority on the distribution of arctic-alpine flora in Britain . |
| 19 | His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters who responded eagerly to his promise of a " New Deal " , and he polled 22 million votes to Hoover 's 15 million , carrying 42 out of 48 states . |
| 20 | Although conference representatives seemed muted in their applause for Kenneth Baker , the party chairman , when he defended water privatisation , they responded well to his support for Mr Lawson 's increase in interest rates . |
| 21 | She responded briefly to his kiss before whispering regretfully : |
| 22 | Suspecting nothing , Syrian George responded happily to his debriefing by DIA officers posing as FBI agents , and was afterwards turned over to Special Agent Robert Sleigh , of the FBI 's C3 counter-intelligence section in Birmingham . |