Example sentences of "his [noun] have [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward for his part had to accommodate himself to political and financial realities , and was prepared to compromise with the commons in return for taxes , though he would not give way on the fundamental issue of the right to choose his own councillors . |
| 2 | The worst thing was , his response had reduced her to feeling like a chastened schoolgirl , a feeling she 'd hoped she 'd outgrown . |
| 3 | She was going to edge him into a situation where it would be openly discourteous to refuse her , and nothing in his education or his upbringing had prepared him to be discourteous to anyone , least of all a woman . |
| 4 | Instead , his GP had sent him to Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock , where he died from a colloid cyst in the brain . |
| 5 | Harry went slowly and cautiously through the gully , feeling his way at every step until his eyes had accustomed themselves to the darkness , and could judge distances and distinguish the shapes of the weathered planes of rock that leaned over him . |
| 6 | His crime has brought him to the extremity which Marmeladov was telling him about and tasting at the bottom of his own vodka jug in the opening pages of the novel . |
| 7 | His parents had sent him to Oslo immediately after Hitler 's annexation of Austria , when he was only nine . |
| 8 | As the enemy closes in , the hero , safe in the knowledge that his comrades have made it to safety , shoots himself so that the enemy may not take him alive . |
| 9 | His intentions had been honourable , even if his behaviour had left something to be desired . |
| 10 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 11 | His caresses had urged her to a wild , uninhibited passion she 'd never known she possessed — but it was the love she felt for him that had sent her into such a breathtaking completion . |
| 12 | His actions had caused him to be one of the most reviled prisoners among the white community , and the government had hitherto refused to recognize him as a political prisoner . |
| 13 | Every harvest festival his father had taken him to the Salvation Army hall in Thurso and was generous in his support when the Salvationists needed to rebuild their hall . |
| 14 | He remembered the day in Paris , all those years ago , when his uncle had introduced him to the tall , quiet man to whom his life would be dedicated . |
| 15 | Kitson was a prolific inventor whose own difficulties in financing and manufacturing his patents had led him to a radical critique of the banking system . |
| 16 | His background had taught him to be sober , frugal and methodical . |
| 17 | His mother had wanted him to be put into care and felt that she was unable to relate to him . |
| 18 | The father jumped out of his car and began to run to where his son had thrown himself to the ground . |
| 19 | His struggles had brought him to within reach of Chalon 's powerful hindquarters , and Isabel did n't hesitate . |