Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he was opposed to any plan to assassinate Hitler , he had been involved with the German resistance movement for some years , treading a dangerous path that was eventually to lead to his downfall and death . |
| 2 | He was run down and killed , but he was so attached to his job that he still wants to keep his eye on his old work place . |
| 3 | Hotspur watched the marred profile beside him curiously as they paced side by side , for he was greatly drawn to his prisoner , and could not reconcile the many stories concerning him with this man he had begun to know . |
| 4 | , he was only referring to his fear of Jack . |
| 5 | He took the effect of a deformation occurring at time for a period d to be proportional to and was thus led to his superposition integral which in modern terminology is |
| 6 | A competent scholar who had an inbred regard for the pastoral needs of country congregations , he was exactly suited to his place , upon which he never needed to insist , and its responsibilities , which he more than adequately fulfilled . |
| 7 | He was just warming to his task when Reed sold him out . |
| 8 | But the principle to which we have adverted was not presented to his mind in its simple form ; and the point certainly did not undergo much consideration . |
| 9 | He was totally committed to his research , his hard work and enthusiasm moving him rapidly on . |
| 10 | Mike Laister was still clinging to his point of view . |
| 11 | Then , realising she was still clinging to his arm , she snatched her hand away and moved to the other side of the path . |
| 12 | Prince Charles was nearly swept to his death when an avalanche in March 1988 claimed the life of his friend Major Hugh Lindsay , 34 , at Klosters , Switzerland . |
| 13 | Fernie was now talking to his wife , rapidly , with just a hint of pleading . |
| 14 | News of Hickey 's latest protest to prove his innocence was today given to his mother , Mrs Ann Skett , by his solicitors . |
| 15 | He got up and was about to return to his house to wash the dirt from Meg 's grave from his hands when Cranston swaggered in , throwing the door open as if he was announcing the Second Coming . |
| 16 | ‘ When I saw Ivo with a parcel he was about to mail to his wife 's cousin in Karlovy Vary , I told him I was driving that way , and that I 'd drop it into the shop where Edita 's cousin works if he wished . ’ |
| 17 | His reaction to them was explosive , and on Monday morning Verity Lambert was hastily summoned to his office . |
| 18 | However , I was always quite relieved when he resumed a proper attitude in the back of the cockpit and was safely attached to his parachute and using the Sutton harness . |
| 19 | He was never invited to his flat , apart from a drink in the Farley Court flat before an evening at a restaurant . |
| 20 | After foolishly drawing attention to his own royal blood , Surrey was arrested on a charge of treason , which was subsequently extended to his father . |