Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were sitting in Jacob 's study and he looked from his sister to his father in amazement . |
| 2 | He was essentially an adventurer , who owed his rise to his service to three kings , his military vigour , his fortunate marriage , and his ability to press home the advantages which opportunity offered him . |
| 3 | He touched his mouth to her hair in a way that was clearly possessive . |
| 4 | At the same time English forces sent to help to restore his brother-in-law to his principality of the Palatinate were all killed or captured . |
| 5 | From his bowler to his riding-mac to his moustache to his highly-polished shoes he embodies spleen and dodginess . |
| 6 | Her twin must love Roman very much to have let Claudia know how worried she was about his reaction to her escapade with Garry . |
| 7 | As Kaas introduced his leader to his band of warriors , Kragan finally relaxed . |
| 8 | As Gloucester 's knight he earned an ignominious name at Bannockburn in 1314 by leaving his lord to his death in the mêlée . |
| 9 | He rose , and restored his chair to its place at the neighbouring table . |
| 10 | When he took his news to his father in England he was given a conqueror 's welcome . |
| 11 | Since then he has dedicated his life to his practice in Calcutta where he now only sees the most difficult cases , particularly those with organic pathology for which he finds the 50 millesimal potencies especially appropriate . |
| 12 | Intellectuals claimed a formative influence in the second too : John of Marmoutier declared that monks from his own monastery had read Vegetius ' De Re Militari to Geoffrey le Bel when he was investing the castle of a rebellious castellan , and ascribed his success to their advice on firebombs . |
| 13 | He moved with a supple and extraordinary grace , raising his cup to his mouth with a flashing , poetic gesture . |
| 14 | From his bowler to his riding-mac to his moustache to his highly-polished shoes he embodies spleen and dodginess . |
| 15 | On the bridge he saw the third officer raise his hand to his cap in a debonair salute , and she waved gaily back . |
| 16 | ‘ My heart is broken , ’ he assured her with emphasis , crashing his hand to his chest with wry drama . |
| 17 | ( Abberley puts his hand to his head for a second . ) |
| 18 | He raised his hand to his mouth in a gesture of dismay and held it suspended there a few inches from his face . |
| 19 | He held his hand to his mouth in mock apology as both girls gave him a straight look . |
| 20 | In addition , while referring in his letter to his interpretation of s 74(a) , ICTA 1988 , the inspector of taxes completely ignores the provisions of s 401 , ICTA 1988 . |
| 21 | In his letter to his father of 1777 , Mozart wrote of the pianos of Stein : |
| 22 | Jacques Devraux held himself ramrod straight on the back of his stocky saddle pony and delivered his order to his son in a vehement undertone . |
| 23 | It was a delicate moment for Franco , who had so closely linked the legitimacy of his power to his presentation of himself as the defender of the Catholic faith . |