Example sentences of "his [noun] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The individual settlor must express his wishes to his legal advisors , and they will recommend the most appropriate type of trust to meet the particular situation . |
| 2 | He frequently had be placed on a respirator that combined with the two tubes that linked his heart to its 170 kg air compressor , gave the impression of a man supported entirely by mechanical means . |
| 3 | The formalities over , editor in chief Pilger laid out his plans to his new editor . |
| 4 | His response to her warm generosity , his attention when she swept all importances aside to consider the greater importance of the 3.30 at Newmarket , won her completely . |
| 5 | Her breasts swelled , demanding their own fevered release and Fernando knew and understood and lowered his mouth to her inflamed nipples , taking each in turn , drawing and teasing till Ruth squirmed and twisted in ecstasy beneath him . |
| 6 | He could n't distinguish her from the darkness , but any lingering doubt that she might belong to the dream from which he 'd risen was dispatched as her hand went from his mouth to his bare chest . |
| 7 | James was by European standards a clear-sighted ruler who wanted to gain a little more of the authority over his subjects to which all kings were entitled , but by the standards of Englishmen he was a ruthless tyrant with the additional vices that he wanted to promote the cause of Roman Catholicism and was willing to infringe the rights of property . |
| 8 | Eventually she had become resigned to a dull , passionless existence ; her husband had masked his indifference to her real feelings with elaborate public courtesies , and her only role outside of motherhood had been to act as a decorative hostess at his political functions . |
| 9 | Again , Atrakhasis was warned , the god instructing him in a dream to build a boat , take on board his family and animals , and explain his action to his fellow men as a punishment inflicted upon him which would bring benefit to them . |
| 10 | In 1961 he took off for New York city to pay his respects to his latest hero , hobo and folk singer Woody Guthrie , then dying of Huntington 's Chorea ; and he returned to Minneapolis later that year a-singing and a-playing , mumbling and slurring his words , just like Woody himself . |
| 11 | He grew a real beard , which would incommode him for other parts ; he thought , behaved , responded Learwise , in as short-sighted a fashion as that monarch would have done , having handed on his characteristics to his youngest daughter . |
| 12 | He transferred his swagger-stick to his left arm , thrust his hands alongside the piping on his breeches , and aimed his jaw at the horizon . |
| 13 | When the end came , Maggie gave a low , shaken moan and collapsed beneath him , her feelings so deep that she began to cry , soft , uncontrollable sobbing that brought his arms around her and his lips to her heated face . |
| 14 | Even the Tory MP for Bodmin , Robert Hicks , had signalled his opposition to his own government 's policy by speaking on an anti-nuclear platform . |
| 15 | She had expected him to get a water-taxi , but he turned right and walked along the fondamenta , matching his stride to her slower pace . |
| 16 | He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil . |
| 17 | ‘ Not if I had to face a helicopter journey every time I wanted to come into town , ’ he drawled , and then slowly lowered his gaze to her red mouth , murmuring , ‘ So … do you want to see the bedrooms ? ’ |
| 18 | Stendhal , on his return to his adopted city after an absence of two years , claimed La Scala to be the most important opera in the world , since which time no one has felt the need , or had the temerity , to fault his judgement . |
| 19 | Despite this setback , Ipswich fought back with scrum-half Bryn Kerr leading the charge with an outstanding display on his return to his preferred position . |
| 20 | Later , after his return to his native city of Basle , he obtained similar material from other cells , mostly the spermatozoa ( again cells containing little else except nuclei ) of salmon caught in the Rhine outside the window of his laboratory . |
| 21 | An assistant manager in Bank of Ireland 's Group Internal Audit Department , Ciaran joined the Bank in December 1970 in I.T.D. where he worked until his transfer to his present location in 1981 . |
| 22 | He brings a world-weariness way beyond his years to his electric portrait of Morrissey-style bedroom star , painfully shy in public but a demon in his own private universe . |
| 23 | foolish but amiable young man courting Bella Wilfer , who transfers his affections to her younger sister Lavinia , to whom he eventually becomes engaged , after Bella goes to live with the Boffins . |
| 24 | It explained his reaction to her supposed affair with Florian . |
| 25 | His reaction to his new situation was perhaps predictable — he decided to travel again , both for interest and to reflect on his own future . |
| 26 | Petiver died in 1718 and left his collections to his great friend , the recently knighted Hans Sloane , who was now the owner of the Manor of Chelsea which included the Garden . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I know , I know , ’ Theodora answered with fervour untroubled now by his allusion to her own past . |
| 28 | SOUTH AFRICAN captain Kepler Wessels yesterday led his team to their first Test victory since 1970 . |
| 29 | Trent lasted , on and off , from December 1545 to December 1563 , Pius IV giving his approval to its final conclusions in January 1564 . |
| 30 | Then Luke returned his attention to her tense face , their eyes meeting , too much knowledge in both pairs . |