Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clough has deserved the plaudits for sticking to his football principles but , as he knows , it takes courage to play your football at the top of the League too . |
| 2 | Father Morrow spoke yesterday of his visit to the Blands ' home after returning to his base at Humanae Vitae House , a former 18th century Catholic chapel in the Deeside village of Braemar which has become the focus of his national campaign . |
| 3 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 4 | A MAN was hit by six cars and two lorries after plunging to his death from a motorway footbridge . |
| 5 | After acceding to his master 's wishes Nine Turning Mirrors would , I am quite sure , make his own arrangements with a view to ensuring that one wanderer would not be allowed to return home bringing , perhaps , the disease of dissatisfaction . |
| 6 | Marcus thought about writing to his father but knew he did n't have anything to say to him . |
| 7 | But with all this argument , contrived for his own reassurance and for retailing to his wife , the Commander failed in the end to convince himself . |
| 8 | In 1979 and 1980 , Zeng spent his summers on cycling holidays to Hangzhou and Shanghai , and the following year he took the unprecedented step of applying to his work unit for extended leave to travel , even threatening to resign if his wishes were not granted . |
| 9 | He was still at Berkhamsted at the end of June , but at least then he had the relief of writing to his council with somewhat more reassuring news from Northumberland . |
| 10 | After years of scrutinising Jesus of Nazareth , of listening to his teaching , of watching his character , of observing his miracles , after witnessing that shameful death and experiencing that glorious resurrection , the men who had known him best were sure of it . |
| 11 | And he , for his part , was feeling so euphoric that instead of shouting to his son to get up and stir his stumps , he had actually gone in there and put the envelope on Adam 's bedside table . |
| 12 | The owner wished to find out whether such a relationship could be formulated and used to predict sales in other shops which he was considering adding to his chain . |
| 13 | He should have remained with her for the hunting , devil take it , instead of going to his friend Woolacombe ! |
| 14 | He was not going to forgo the opportunity of adding to his music the force of his words . |
| 15 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 16 | The most senior , Squadron leader , Graham Young , had years of flying to his name . |
| 17 | In the moment of crisis , Nicolae Andruţa at least made a show of coming to his brother 's aid and brought the cadets from the Securitate training school at Baneasa into the centre of Bucharest . |
| 18 | No young farm worker enjoys having his leg pulled by taunts of ‘ yokel ’ and ‘ country bumpkin' in pubs and discothèques and eventually he may even become ashamed of admitting to his occupation . |
| 19 | Tyson , the man who rose from the ghettos of New York to the pinnacle of boxing success , had his world destroyed when he was judged guilty of violating a beauty queen whom he was convicted of luring to his room and raping . |
| 20 | Slater , who rarely looks like adding to his tally of one goal for Celtic , missed a peach even by his standards after good work by Collins , Payton and McAvennie . |
| 21 | VENTRILOQUIST Mike Dennett had a drink too many after he got fed up with listening to his wife Gladys . |
| 22 | One typical Whig satire of 1710 had Louis XIV thanking the Tories for coming to his rescue just as he was losing the war , saying " your very Principles are agreeable to absolute Monarchy , and Designs of Tyranny ; and your Practices are … such as have often reliev 'd and supported me " . |
| 23 | In sticking to his formula , McDonald sometimes gets a bit carried away . |
| 24 | He had suffered vomiting , dizziness , tiredness and headaches and had been seen by a doctor in Winchester before returning to his family home in Scarsdale Road , Norris Green . |
| 25 | The Duke of Bridgewater was exceptional in keeping to his promise of enabling coal to be brought cheaply to Manchester , and on his death in 1803 , rates doubled . |
| 26 | So before leaping to his defence I waited until another column appeared , which I have tried to read in a less partisan manner . |
| 27 | Amid all this turmoil , Nu followed Gandhi in announcing to his wife that henceforth he would live in celibacy ( like the Mahatma , he waited until after they had five children ) . |
| 28 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 29 | The bravery of men swimming ashore in these pioneer beach reconnaissances is beyond question , and knowing Norman Teacher as a friend , as well as being his CO , the Commander feels there is a strong probability that the young Lieutenant made the supreme sacrifice in swimming to his death rather than risking his capture , as others , too , may have done . |
| 30 | Before turning to his encounter with Gandhi , certain aspects of Irwin 's character should be particularly noted . |