Example sentences of "[vb pp] his [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In competition with other small businesses , the archetypal ‘ little man ’ had clawed his way to success through clinging to such beliefs . |
| 2 | In the 1930s one elderly man made his way to church through Bachelor 's Walk on winter Sunday evenings by the light of a hand-lantern . |
| 3 | Meanwhile in another part of the village Constable Quince had run his quarry to earth in the vegetable garden of the Manor . |
| 4 | He 's taken his team to second in the first division . |
| 5 | Bush , who had repeatedly stated his opposition to abortion under all but the most extreme circumstances , was known to oppose the bill , and was thought likely to veto it in the event of its enactment . |