Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 2 | He points to the three British works in the recording project to demonstrate what variety it has to offer — the ‘ hard black-and-white ’ sound of the Birtwistle , the comparitively florid ‘ flute or clarinet-like writing ’ in the Maxwell Davies Concerto , the ‘ very expansive ’ trumpet part in the Blake Watkins , which is a ‘ wonderfully lyrical work without being sweet or silly in any way . ’ |
| 3 | the bell to get the bus to stop and he goes to the next flaming stop ! |
| 4 | He belongs to the New English Art Club . |
| 5 | We must remember Aldeborough when we read this rather odd poet , for he belongs to the grim little place , and through it to England . |
| 6 | Subsequently , Gorbachev left Ryzhkov looking even more embattled when he announced to the Supreme Soviet that he personally preferred Shatalin 's programme . |
| 7 | He led to the final 250 metres , before falling back to last . |
| 8 | Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism . |
| 9 | In 1875 he moved to the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland as the works manager and assistant locomotive superintendent at Inchicore near Dublin , where he was responsible for making improvements to the automatic vacuum brake . |
| 10 | Although his family remained Ainsworthians , Offwood subsequently joined the Dutch Reformed Church , and there he stayed until 18 April 1629 , when he moved to the English Reformed Church of Amsterdam — a congregation affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church , pastored by John Paget [ q.v. ] and composed of a combination of ex-Separatists and Puritans . |
| 11 | He referred to the new written policy and circulated four letters from parents objecting to the proposed closure . |
| 12 | A founder of the Toronto Literary Club in 1836 , he contributed to the Canadian Literary Magazine ( Toronto ) and the Literary Garland ( Montreal ) . |
| 13 | In 1913 , when all British airships came under naval control , he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service . |
| 14 | Wounded in France in May 1915 , he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in October , gaining his wings in January . |
| 15 | As he gave out his text , his voice rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes , ’ and when he came to the two last words , which he pronounced loud , deep , and distinct , it seemed to me , who was then young , as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe . |
| 16 | Ian pressed on down the passage , down two steps , until he came to the small wooden door in the fabric . |
| 17 | He came to the final special award , and then read out my name . |
| 18 | ‘ The boxes , ’ he gestured to the other two sides of the yard , ‘ have always been here . |
| 19 | Unimpressed , he turned to the private classified . |
| 20 | His eyes still seeing the charred appalling face , he turned to the young hard untouched face in front of him and said : |
| 21 | Mr Phil Gregory , Labour agent , said yesterday that , at the count , he turned to the beaten Labour candidate , Mr Douglas Naysmith , and said : ‘ Would n't it be ironic if you were beaten by people who had never even set foot in the constituency ? ’ |
| 22 | When he returned to the two worried women , decisions were made . |
| 23 | So I know a guy for example who , when he gets his Visa bill say the last third of the month , he puts it into the envelope , and makes a note in the diary on say the twenty first , to pay the Visa bill , and when he gets to the twenty first , lo and behold , he knows where the Visa bill is and he has to pay it . |
| 24 | In 1578 he subscribed to the first unsuccessful colonizing voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | Like many Oxford men , he belonged to the strong Socratic tradition in which dialogue was esteemed as highly as the written word . |
| 26 | He belonged to the French communist party because the values of that party , as he perceived them , coincided with his own beliefs . |
| 27 | He flew to the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton , but damage to the wing meant he was unable to land , so he flew to open sea , put the plane in a nosedive and ejected . |
| 28 | At 20 he went to the New Musical Express , and edited it through the 1970s , when it became the bestselling rock mag in Britain , with a rich crop of young writers such as Julie Burchill , Tony Parsons , Danny Baker , Paul Morley and Charles Shaar Murray . |
| 29 | He went to the top eight accountancy firms in London , all of which offered him a job . |
| 30 | He looked to the former ducal retinue , including such non-northerners as Pole , Tyrell and Houghton . |