Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |
| 2 | He pushed the door open and walked straight into the parlour , where he came face to face with an overweight , half-shaven man dressed in a vest and trousers who was brandishing an open razor . |
| 3 | He makes a bleary-eyed and disorientating living between Rungis , the wholesale fish market on the south side of Paris , and London , where he supplies fish to restaurants such as Tante Claire , Alistair Little and Suntory . |
| 4 | Jess was a mellow sort of chap until he came face to face with a light bulb |
| 5 | The Bishop did not slow his stride until he came face to face with Garvey ‘ You see where your ill-manners have led you , man ? |
| 6 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
| 7 | Isambard stepped into the dwindling lance of moonlight without haste , and walked the bright shaft of it until he stood face to face with the swaddled and muted figure of the boy . |
| 8 | If he plays games to while away the tedious time , thought Cadfael , he plays them by noble rules , even those he makes up as he goes . |
| 9 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 10 | ‘ What Roberts does is very good but he is n't so successful as a team manager just because he teaches riders to dirt-track . |
| 11 | John Morris 's international prospects have been widely written off ever since he played Algy to David Gower 's Biggles in that amusing but ill-advised flying-circus routine on England 's last Australian tour . |
| 12 | Teixeira 's contribution to the genre was first performed in 1728 , just after he had return to Portugal from Rome , and it reveals Italian influence in its polychorality ( it is scored for five ‘ choirs ’ of four voices each ) and the florid , operatic nature of the solo snippets . |
| 13 | Mr Reid , 47 , of North Station Road , Colchester , took the witness stand yesterday to deny all the charges and claimed his accusers , former colleagues Ewan Bain and Karen Spinner , had ‘ got in first ’ before he made complaints to management about their own conduct . |
| 14 | Two days before he tortured Doe to death , Mr Johnson hugged and embraced his future victim , and told him that they should join sides . |
| 15 | Indeed , when he had solutions to problems , he sometimes went to the lab late at night and left his ideas on slips of paper for people to find in the morning — without knowing how they got there . |
| 16 | When he followed Jamel to Oxford he immediately joined the Communist Party , more as an act of rebellion than anything else . |
| 17 | In April of 1920 , Charlie Chaplin , then sweltering through the divorce proceedings brought against him by Mildred Harris , was eating in a fashionable hotel restaurant when he came face to face with Louis B Mayer . |
| 18 | Rose had roared his way to 88 off 79 balls with eight fours and two sixes when he fell lbw to Darren Gough , leaving Harden unbeaten on 76 off 71 balls . |
| 19 | MAN FOR THE JOB GARRY Schofield played the game of his life when he led Britain to victory in the second Ashes Test in Melbourne . |
| 20 | Joey 's used to dealing with difficult customers , but when he comes face to face with a gun-toting angry young man , it takes all his soothing charm to save the day . |
| 21 | However , he fully redeemed himself next time out at Newbury when he gave 2st to Springholm and beat him with a bit in hand . |
| 22 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 23 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |
| 24 | Grobbelaar 's recall means David James will be axed as he falls victim to Liverpool 's worst start to a season for 39 years . |
| 25 | IAN WRIGHT proved a point to manager George Graham at Highbury last night as he led Arsenal to victory in their delayed third round replay against First Division Derby . |
| 26 | He looked at her unyielding face , and something seemed to give in his own as he gave way to frustration and bad temper , let alone physical exhaustion . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry : he says , as he sets foot to floor . |