Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was their sort of way of making fun of you because you were showing off which is what a native Orcadian thinks any of his contemporaries talking in English to anyone other than an English person . |
| 2 | In this case Lord Meston submits that it was implicit in the order of Judge Lally of 2 July 1991 that the father had a joint interest in and a ‘ right of custody ’ of the child , inasmuch as he had a right to be consulted and to have his views considered in relation to the determination of the child 's place of residence . |
| 3 | His breathing has on occasion to be assisted by the administration of oxygen . |
| 4 | He would become again a Northern Ireland Protestant — though with a difference , certainly : he was no longer a resident ; he was learned ; he had the wonderful gifts both of imagination and a clear and analytical mind ; and above all his faith came of Grace to which he responded heroically , in patience and self-sacrifice — when he was aware of himself . |
| 5 | On Sept. 9 former Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa had his sentence reduced from life to 20 years ' hard labour . |
| 6 | He kept quiet , excepting that his look changed from friendliness to seriousness . |
| 7 | Boxing mostly on the east coast , Lewis had half his contests restricted by law to no-decision contests . |
| 8 | The little man made a noise in his throat and his glance leapt from Marcus to the three screws and back . |
| 9 | Billy Sullivan suddenly shaped up to his friend , his clenched fists pawing at the air and his shoulders moving from side to side . |
| 10 | Indeed , the authorities upon which Mr. Collins relied in support of his submission proved on examination to be cases in which the possibility of a defence had been disposed of in that way . |
| 11 | Rodriguez hesitated , his eyes shifting from Ward to the silent faces of the other diners , all watching us . |
| 12 | His eyes swept from side to side , probing the edges of the darkness . |
| 13 | Other things we can observe carefully , and then draw , such as a child , how his limbs grow , or his head , to look and see where for instance his eyes come in relation to the top of his head and the bottom of his chin . |
| 14 | His eyes darted from door to lift , watchful and alert , as though he were expecting somebody . |
| 15 | He seemed edgy and ill at ease and as they took the lift up to the fourth floor and stepped out into the corridor his eyes darted from side to side as if he was terrified at what he might be about to see . |
| 16 | What nonsense is this about a double bed ? ’ he demanded , his eyes switching from Doreen to Lucy . |
| 17 | Howard walks with them , his eyes moving from person to person , from object to object , trying to take everything in . |
| 18 | Even Oz was quiet , his eyes flickering from face to face . |
| 19 | Although the butler 's face registered nothing , his eyes flickered from Lee to Katherine and back to Lee . |
| 20 | Now he turned , his eyes flicking from place to place in Francis 's apartment . |
| 21 | His eyes wandered from object to object ; the facades of the buildings with their dark , secretive entrances , the boats again , the glitter of the restless water , the fishermen 's lights out in the middle of the stream , the faces of the other people taking their evening stroll . |
| 22 | His roles range from transvestites to teenage murderers , though some viewers complain that , whatever the film , he is always playing himself : massive , extravagant , scruffy-haired . |
| 23 | I watched his silhouette moving from seat to seat , watching the others , shuffling and sidling closer , sometimes stopping as if uncertain , but then moving again until he was next to someone . |
| 24 | His academic career included the Chair in Contemporary art history at the University of Siena and his bibliography ranges from Mannerism to the Metaphysical painters and Guttuso . |
| 25 | The tone of his correspondence varies from self-mockery to flights of fancy , and the handwriting changes almost as much : angular or rounded , neat or sprawling . |
| 26 | Peter Parker does his best for Ackerley , praises his work — minor , but with an odd verve — and tries to bring out the more endearing sides to his nature revealed in letters to friends . |
| 27 | When the archbishop heard this he pretended that the king would not allow it to be done ; the pope , fired with the zeal of justice , ordered the archbishop in virtue of the obedience owed to him , not to delay longer in carrying this out or he would find himself suspended from his priestly office and his suffragans released from obedience to him . |
| 28 | On Saturday I sat there watching his team lose at home to Chelsea and listening to an Australian Evertonian who was back at Goodison for the first time since he emigrated in 1985 . |
| 29 | His ideas proceeded from simplicity to simplicity . |
| 30 | It has been said that in recent years his allegiance shifted from Sisley to Monet ! ’ |