Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only has Mellor lost the cherished Cabinet post that thrust him to the forefront of British politics , but he has also waved goodbye to the Heritage Secretary 's salary of £63,047 . |
| 2 | He went on to pay tribute to the ANC president , Oliver Tambo ( currently recovering in Sweden from a stroke ) , to the rank and file members of the organization , to the fighters of Umkhonto we Sizwe ( the ANC 's armed wing ) , and to the SACP " for its sterling contribution to the struggle for democracy " . |
| 3 | Nothing is known of his education except that he did not lay claim to any degree . |
| 4 | But he did not admit defeat to the extent of turning the television off ; he simply left it on and went into another room . |
| 5 | He did not seek re-election to the Parliament of 1685 and supported the Revolution of 1688 , subscribing money to the new regime . |
| 6 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
| 8 | As Duchess of Aquitaine she had inherited the ducal claim to Toulouse , but at Limoges Raymond had not only done homage to the Dukes of Aquitaine , he had also done homage to the Young King . |
| 9 | In March 1991 , a bank as unpaid mortgagee had taken possession of the debtor 's business premises and he had not had access to them since that date . |
| 10 | On Feb. 26 the Chief Prosecutor announced that charges of diversion of public funds against Honecker were being dropped since he had not had access to an account holding money paid by West Germany to buy the freedom of East German political prisoners . |
| 11 | He had not expected Rain to be there and definitely expected her to leave before he did . |
| 12 | A more general indication of his interests is given by the catalogue of his library , which he drew up in 1632 , when he had just moved house to Long Acre , Covent Garden . |
| 13 | Later , when they lay quiet and apart once more , Maria thought about his attitude , adding it to the oddly driven way in which he had just made love to her . |
| 14 | He spent November at Roxburgh , where he issued letters patent in which he recognized Edward III as lord superior of Scotland and declared that he had already done homage to Edward , in return for which Edward had agreed to maintain and protect him and his heirs in the kingdom . |
| 15 | Finn still treated her gently , if absently , kissing her goodnight ; but as if he had already said good-bye to her , somewhere else . |
| 16 | In 1516 he was associated with Vertue in designing new works at Eton College , the west range and Lupton 's tower , but early in 1515 he had already become architect to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey [ q.v. ] |
| 17 | From the gallery , the feverish gaze of Diniz Vasquez held no recognition ; but still he had n't touched fire to his weapon . |
| 18 | He had n't put pen to paper since the day before Martin died , and he doubted if he would ever do so again . |
| 19 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 20 | He had obviously told the servants that he had accidentally set fire to his room by knocking over a lighted candle . |
| 21 | With the exception of his mother , he had never played second-fiddle to anyone . |
| 22 | Perhaps this was only because he had never had reason to he until he met Mr Evans , but he was n't afraid of him , even after that first , dreadful night , because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked . |
| 23 | In the evenings in Hut 2 he had twice pulled Holly to a corner to tell him of his innocence . |
| 24 | She did n't describe Lowell 's expression as he watched her go , nor the speed with which he 'd followed her after he had abruptly said good-bye to them . |
| 25 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 26 | Early this morning , in the darkness of his bedroom , waking up after the nightmare , he had almost given way to panic . |
| 27 | He does not devote space to what may be the most disturbing aspect of all — namely , the failure appropriately to diagnose conditions , which inevitably leads to the denial of appropriate treatment and the reinforcement of maladaptive behaviours . |
| 28 | If this is supposed impossible for the Westerner ( assuming he is not too old ! ) it must be because , and only because , he does not have access to information allowed the Chinese as children . |
| 29 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 30 | In such cases the relation of husband and wife and the past indebtedness may put the creditor in such a position that , if he does not take care to fully explain the transaction , he may find himself defeated by proof that the wife did not fully understand it : ’ |