Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I heard how he lived hand to mouth in the Bronx , lobbying whom he could at the talking-shop . |
| 2 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 3 | Jess was a mellow sort of chap until he came face to face with a light bulb |
| 4 | A Polynesian folktale tells of Rata , who travelled across the ocean and ingeniously outwitted a hungry whale by jamming open its jaws with a broken oar ; venturing in through the mouth he came face to face with his parents who had been gulped down before him . |
| 5 | In April of 1920 , Charlie Chaplin , then sweltering through the divorce proceedings brought against him by Mildred Harris , was eating in a fashionable hotel restaurant when he came face to face with Louis B Mayer . |
| 6 | One day however , probably as a result of something he had wished , he came face to face with the Devil , none other . |
| 7 | He came face to face with Charles and Frances . |
| 8 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |
| 9 | The Bishop did not slow his stride until he came face to face with Garvey ‘ You see where your ill-manners have led you , man ? |
| 10 | Today he came face to face with the journalists he wants to reign in . |
| 11 | In Glasgow yesterday he came face to face with a cost-saving dream . |
| 12 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
| 13 | He pushed the door open and walked straight into the parlour , where he came face to face with an overweight , half-shaven man dressed in a vest and trousers who was brandishing an open razor . |
| 14 | In an attempt to defend his position he secured election to Parliament for Bletchingley the following year and immediately introduced a bill , which was lost in committee , for the easier supply of saltpetre . |
| 15 | Here he mishooks Younis to Miandad in the first innings |
| 16 | ‘ On that terrible night he showed devotion to duty at a level not only expected by the London Fire Brigade and the public , but well beyond it . ’ |
| 17 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 18 | He owed loyalty to fitzAlan by ties of friendship as well as family , and would return her to his brother-in-law before she could blink . |
| 19 | Saving only the fealty which he owed to his father he swore allegiance to Philip against all men . |
| 20 | He brings with him his radio and prepares for — his — match with Lierse listening to BBC hoping for Leeds goals … and after the Wembley match he went straigth to Batty for changing shirts — i think he said that for the couple of last minutes that was the main thing — not that he had made a great goal or Norway getting a draw . |
| 21 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 22 | He gave land to Chad at Barrow in Lindsey for the building of a monastery ( HE IV , 3 ) , and when Chad died Wynfrith , who succeeded him as bishop , was evidently abbot of Barrow ( HE IV , 6 ) . |
| 23 | Teixeira 's contribution to the genre was first performed in 1728 , just after he had return to Portugal from Rome , and it reveals Italian influence in its polychorality ( it is scored for five ‘ choirs ’ of four voices each ) and the florid , operatic nature of the solo snippets . |
| 24 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 25 | He had access to portions of her mind she herself was losing . |
| 26 | The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby . |
| 27 | Isambard stepped into the dwindling lance of moonlight without haste , and walked the bright shaft of it until he stood face to face with the swaddled and muted figure of the boy . |
| 28 | Joey 's used to dealing with difficult customers , but when he comes face to face with a gun-toting angry young man , it takes all his soothing charm to save the day . |
| 29 | Part lecture , part slide show , part comedy act , it is Miller 's take on Noakes ' life , whisking us from John 's fledgling years in Halifax , through to startling revelations about Valerie Singleton , Joy Division and Shep 's death , and finally to Majorca , where he comes face to face with his hero . |