Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [noun] to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a name that would swiftly give way to his , once his heroism and navigational skill were recognized back home . |
| 2 | A blockade of the rubber ships would soon bring Leopold to his knees . |
| 3 | But his beautiful mother Forbids him to go , will not give way to his wishes . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | An emperor could also delegate authority to his officials through the medium of jade symbols . |
| 6 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 7 | Nor could he safely convey tissue to his mouth on such a blade ; which could easily sever his own tongue . |
| 8 | Section 137 of the 1984 Act provides that " every lessee to whom there is delivered any summons issued from a county court for the recovery of land held by him … shall forthwith give notice to his lessor … if a lessee fails to give notice he shall be liable to forfeit to the person of whom he hold the land an amount equal to three years improved rent of the land " . |