Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sustains him throughout is his recourse to certain fundamental principles of order and authority which , although they may be tangentially related to his espousal of Christianity , have their roots much further back in his own past and particularly in his early study of Bradley and Maurras . |
| 2 | The electrodes for that are only linked up at intervals , of course , since they have to be directly attached to his scalp . |
| 3 | From Manners ' remarks in Parliament on 18th February , it is clear that he was by then already familiar with Scott 's proposals although the detailed drawings were not sent to his office until 3rd March . |
| 4 | He was ringing people he did not like to tell them that they were not invited to his party on Wednesday night . |
| 5 | If the customer can demonstrate that the critical aspects were not brought to his attention or were " hidden in the small print " , he may be able to demonstrate a breach of this rule and ( in the case of a private customer ) sustain an action under s 62 of the FSA . |
| 6 | Coleman 's lecturing skills were not confined to his College students . |
| 7 | These doubts about his work were directly related to his predicament in the last months of 1939 . |
| 8 | The Severum had previously outgrown his siblings very rapidly and had shown no hint of aggression except for eating three Halfbeaks which were temporarily transferred to his tank . |
| 9 | There is some evidence that these were originally connected to his grandson Frederick II , and that by the mysterious process of collective imagination and tradition , they became drawn to the more powerful figure of Barbarossa . |
| 10 | The early steps in their relationship were not easy , and a few in the industry were never reconciled to his leadership , though all recognised that he was acquiring a strong sense of identity with the industry 's interests . |
| 11 | The constables were speedily despatched to his home at Bray . |
| 12 | She did n't like it , but she could n't back away without making it very obvious that her nerve-ends were definitely reacting to his closeness . |
| 13 | He mentioned he is also involved in a charity exercise for King Hospital — which is obviously linked to his family nearby . |
| 14 | Another common cause of accidents is the inexperienced pilot who buys a glider which is not suited to his skill and experience . |
| 15 | Kemp 's difficulty in defining ‘ science ’ and ‘ art ’ is not confined to his discussion of the earlier period . |
| 16 | But Dicey 's influence is not confined to his method . |
| 17 | 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 . " |
| 18 | He is totally dedicated to his calling , his art , and spares no expense to fulfil it . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He is given the room key for room number 210 and is courteously shown to his room . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | First , the buyer can not complain of defects which had been specifically drawn to his attention , although naturally the condition will still apply in relation to other defects rendering the goods of unmerchantable quality . |
| 26 | Although he was opposed to any plan to assassinate Hitler , he had been involved with the German resistance movement for some years , treading a dangerous path that was eventually to lead to his downfall and death . |
| 27 | He was run down and killed , but he was so attached to his job that he still wants to keep his eye on his old work place . |
| 28 | Hotspur watched the marred profile beside him curiously as they paced side by side , for he was greatly drawn to his prisoner , and could not reconcile the many stories concerning him with this man he had begun to know . |
| 29 | , he was only referring to his fear of Jack . |
| 30 | He took the effect of a deformation occurring at time for a period d to be proportional to and was thus led to his superposition integral which in modern terminology is |