Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | After foolishly drawing attention to his own royal blood , Surrey was arrested on a charge of treason , which was subsequently extended to his father . |
| 2 | Similarly , he read pen in hand , constantly writing notes to his staff or commenting on other people 's notes . |
| 3 | It was a name that would swiftly give way to his , once his heroism and navigational skill were recognized back home . |
| 4 | Rivers only roll along to brighten up the landscape , and cattle graze only to give life to his drawings . |
| 5 | But the sergeant knew he was not , it was simply the effect of a quiet man suddenly giving vent to his anger . |
| 6 | Selkirk pushed him in and made him squat on a stone ledge while he cut free his bound hands only to fasten gyves to his wrists and ankles ; attached by chains to the wall ; these allowed Corbett to move but quickly chafed his wrists and ankles . |
| 7 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 8 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 9 | Last night television 's aristocracy came together to pay homage to his service … still unfinished by the way , attempts to retire have failed and he 's still running the Sunday evening programme Highway with Harry Secombe . |
| 10 | Hoomey thought she did n't speak English very well ; she spoke Punjabi to the family , but Mr Singh always spoke English and Jazz only spoke gook to his mother , not to anyone else . |
| 11 | He turned his back and went in to say goodbye to his wife . |
| 12 | Stepson of a rabbi and product of a broken home , Laszlo was brought up in an orphanage , and it is clear that from a very early age this intense , obstinate man sought not only to bring order to his own life but to control to an unprecedented degree the environment of his future family . |
| 13 | A blockade of the rubber ships would soon bring Leopold to his knees . |
| 14 | Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred . |
| 15 | But his beautiful mother Forbids him to go , will not give way to his wishes . |
| 16 | Ferkhan also owned land near the village and complained that lack of electricity meant that he could not pump water to his field and , as a result , he had grown only twenty tons of melons compared to eighty before the war … |
| 17 | As Owen had not appointed Yussuf to his service in the first place but Yussuf had appointed himself , this seemed beside the point . |
| 18 | It was the kiss that finally brought Guy to his senses . |
| 19 | Maybe he is content just to pay tribute to his personal media icons . |
| 20 | Brando , as Carmine Sabatini , the Mafia mogul with a heart of gold who takes Kellog under his sentimental wing , is great too , especially as the script bends over backwards to drop references to his Godfather legacy . |
| 21 | Brando , as Carmine Sabatini , the Mafia mogul with a heart of gold who takes Kellog under his sentimental wing , is great too , especially as the script bends over backwards to drop references to his Godfather legacy . |
| 22 | So wrote Victor Hugo in 1867 in a guide book to Paris , thereby paying tribute to his enemy Napoleon III , for it was he who was in the process of transforming the city . |
| 23 | Almost always considered secondary to his poetry , Masefield 's fiction has the same basic theme , man 's search for beauty — in nature , in ideas and , often , in the ideal of womanhood . |
| 24 | 1inter gets a League call-up THE Football League 's newest referee yesterday paid tribute to his colleagues in the NorthEast . |
| 25 | Little Billy always told lies to his mother , but they were never convincing . |
| 26 | Little Billy always tells lies to his mother , but they are never convincing . |
| 27 | And let young Hawkins go at once to say goodbye to his mother , and then come quickly to Bristol with Redruth . |
| 28 | At first I was bitterly jealous of Rachel and only wanted Jacob to love me more than her to win something from her for the first time in my miserable life , but by the end of that blissful week , I found that I , unfortunately , had also fallen victim to his charms . |
| 29 | Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence also plans changes to his line-up with one alteration already confirmed Andy Peake returning in midfield after being rested for Saturday 's win over Plymouth . |
| 30 | The pair were in the front rank throughout , nothing else landing a blow , and Golden Chip had also dictated terms to his rivals over a mile on the same course four days earlier . |