Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] to his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A flash of the torch again , as if to check that no boat was there , then he turned to face the causeway , took something from a pocket and raised what were apparently night-glasses to his eyes . |
| 2 | By that date , largely thanks to his efforts , there were ten Welsh Jesuits , and fifty-seven priests in England and Wales . |
| 3 | A folk tale told of a Tahitian chief , Moikeha , who sailed to Hawaii and , largely thanks to his prowess on a surfboard , married two princesses and became king of the island of Kauai . |
| 4 | He had further abrasions to his forehead . |
| 5 | England had both ( see below ) , and Swegen forced it to disgorge large amounts of coin and precious metal , while also taking plunder and gaining a reputation as a successful commander which must have both drawn further contingents to his banners and strengthened his position in Scandinavia . |
| 6 | To exploit his stature , de Gaulle had to create an organization from scratch , fend off rivals to his legitimacy , and dodge the attempts of his " allies " ( he used quotation marks on occasion ) to remove him . |
| 7 | With two rooks and a bishop for the queen , Speelman has a nominal material advantage , but there are still threats to his king . |
| 8 | There was still an infinity of possible circular orbits so Bohr summoned up Planck to his aid to choose among them . |
| 9 | His brother Evelyn came , I remember , one morning soon after on his way to Adelaide , to send back provisions to his party , whom he had left quite out of flour . |
| 10 | His songs today bemoan the rotten state of the world — Aids , police violence , the homeless , his ex-manager — these are now grist to his mill . |
| 11 | Mortimer , armed with a Browning rather than a rifle , called out orders to his squad , and directed them to positions around the two-storey customs building . |
| 12 | I am not saying that a bream leader dishes out orders to his underlings in the same way that an army commander does . |
| 13 | If she is still under 60 when her husband claims his state pension and does not work or her earnings do not exceed £43.1 0 , he should be able to obtain a supplement of around £32.55 to his pension , on the grounds of having a wife to support . |
| 14 | The will began in the usual way , with small bequests to several relatives of whom Theda had never heard , and a lump sum and pension for the Diggorys — at mention of which old Adam had again recourse to his handkerchief . |
| 15 | Philip Ettinger , 37 , the brains behind the bid to launch the link , today revealed the new move which coincides with the end of a three-week consultation period when objections to his proposals must be lodged . |