Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [adj] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 He referred to the deaf and dumb including himself as " deaf mute " or simply " deaf " .
2 It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity .
3 Corbett wanted to leave Kinghorn quickly before the captain or Alexander began to question him , so , once he had finished his meal , he went to the stable and , saddling the garron , led him out towards the main gate .
4 Is he able to elaborate on the answer that he gave to the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ?
5 There was something comfortingly familiar in this maddening ruin , this mythagoscape , generated by a burned airman many years in the past , created by him as he journeyed to the innermost and most ancient place of all .
6 With heartfelt thanks he ran to the stable and , before his parents had gone more than a few yards , he had galloped past them towards his home .
7 And when he comes to the richer and more respectable inmates of the borough who can veil their defects behind money , he remains sardonic , and sees them as poor people who have not been found out .
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