Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept 's importance in theoretical terms is that the epic poet catches himself dreaming , and tries to communicate his dream to the rest of the group , through a mythic poem , or a ritual drama . |
| 2 | In Holt the Court of Appeal held that para. ( a ) required the debtor to communicate his decision to the creditor and required that the legal consequence was the extinguishment of the debt . |
| 3 | On the final lap it was Robert who beat his brother to the Metropole corner , after the 180mph descent from Coleraine . |
| 4 | Denying his guilt to the last , he said he did n't bear his wife any ill will . |
| 5 | Articles 85 and 86 of Table A ( prescribed pursuant to the Companies Act 1985 ) provide that so long as a director has disclosed his interest to the company , he may be a party to or interested in any transaction , and shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the company for any benefit he receives from such a transaction . |
| 6 | Maradona 's punch helped his side to the World Cup . |
| 7 | ‘ I will do whatever is necessary to preserve the value of the pound , ’ Mr Smith said , reaffirming his commitment to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 8 | The clerk , realising from Mirsal 's uniform that I belong to the sacred official class , merely bows his head to the storm , pays up and looks pleasant . |
| 9 | Thiercelin jerked his head to the right . |
| 10 | He jerked his chin to the side ; then seeming to stretch himself inches upwards , he thrust out his chin and marched from the room . |
| 11 | Having risen from Ukrainian coal mines through the party ranks as a tough and brutal Stalinist , once he achieved personal power he wasted no time in opening his mind to the ways of the rest of the world . |
| 12 | An enterprising sheep farmer is opening his gates to the public during the lambing season . |
| 13 | She would explain the nature of her interest , so awakening in him a wish to know more about what goes on outside Masailand and also opening his eyes to the fact that the white folk see the Masai as childlike . |
| 14 | Meanwhile Gundovald , a supposed son of Chlothar , who had been excluded from the succession in 561 , took advantage of the situation to revive his claim to the crown , which he had already asserted with Byzantine support in 582 . |
| 15 | But Mr Major felt that the man who brought down Mrs Thatcher had earned his passage to the department of his choice . |
| 16 | Mr Kenneth Clarke has earned his promotion to the Home Office , and has the combination of brains and toughness to undertake the huge task of reforming the police . |
| 17 | For a while Wordsworth retained his loyalty to the Girondin leaders of France , though this meant that he was in English eyes a ‘ Jacobin' , that is , a revolutionary extremist who had actually visited the infected country twice . |
| 18 | He knew he was dying and retained his dignity to the end ; it came on 13 March 1967 , and the cricketing world , quite simply , was devastated . |
| 19 | What a tragedy they had to scar so many glorious days in a dramatic series with such outrageous incidents as fast bowler Aqib Javed confronting umpire Roy Palmer , or Rashid Latif hurling his cap to the ground in disgust at Headingley . |
| 20 | Willie pushed the blanket to one side , wormed his way to the end of the armchair and slid onto the floor . |
| 21 | The early tackles inclined towards brutality , however , were largely perpetrated by Liverpool , with Paul Stewart announcing his return to the side with a crunching tackle on Watts . |
| 22 | Athelstan described his journey to the Tower and Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . |
| 23 | A spokesman for Gorbachev described his reaction to the new movement as " positive " . |
| 24 | Even that great opponent of the industrial system of the nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle ( 1795–1881 ) failed to relate his criticisms to the Christian doctrine that he had abandoned as a young man . |
| 25 | Seth had been defeated by Horus but took legal action to establish his claim to the throne of Osiris by bringing his case before the nine gods of Heliopolis . |
| 26 | Book Seven enhances the impression of a century of civil war , but again allowance must be made for the fact that this one book covers scarcely more than twelve months of 584/5 , and that it is concerned largely with the attempt by the " pretender " Gundovald to establish his claim to the Frankish throne . |
| 27 | In 1299 Boniface VIII ordered Edward to abandon war in Scotland since that kingdom was a papal fief , and he invited Edward to send proctors to Rome to establish his right to the Scottish crown . |
| 28 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 29 | Five Hull defenders were left trailing by the youngster 's electrifying pace and change of direction as he scorched his way to the line . |
| 30 | 3 The attacker now has his back to the defender . |