Example sentences of "he [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground . |
| 2 | To the very last he consulted his own common sense rather than the orders of his doctors whom he detested because they advised him to give up the roast meats that he loved . |
| 3 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 4 | And we 'd go across and I would help him to couple up the various coaches and that . |
| 5 | This causes him to fold down the top half of the newspaper , to see if I have set off , and to lose his place . |