Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The walls and the floors of her newly redecorated palace -rather garish many thought — are bare , The carpets and the pictures have been created and flown to one of her other homes — perhaps to Juan-les-Pins , perhaps top one of her two places in Paris , perhaps to the house of her fabulously rich businessman son on London , or perhaps to his island in the Seychelles , Her other son , a naval officer who will later pass , briefly and tragically , through this story , dined in his mothers palace one night in October 1978 and , pointing to the one picture remaining on the wall , said , " There 's one they forgot to take . |
| 2 | If any Boozebuster victim decided he did n't actually want to go back to the office or home to his wife , Eddie would gently , but very publicly , take hold of him by what she called his ‘ wedding tackle ’ and lead him out of the pub . |
| 3 | His poor showing was attributed to public disillusionment with the government , rather than simply to his withdrawal . ) |
| 4 | Several weeks ago Victor came crashing down out of a tree and on to his back . |
| 5 | Bromhead was a subscriber to Green 's first memoir , published in 1828 , and the contact led to Green visiting Thurlby Hall and eventually to his career as a Caius undergraduate and fellow . |
| 6 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
| 7 | He layered more mud onto his throat and down to his chest and across his shoulders . |
| 8 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 9 | From Waterloo station , he phoned the offices of The Courier and somewhat to his surprise , found himself put straight through to Jonathan Minter . |
| 10 | I have blasphemed … and did exceeding wrong to King Henry VIII and especially to his wife , Queen Catherine . ’ |
| 11 | The air waybill was designed as an acknowledgment of receipt of goods from the consignor , and as a notice of shipment to the carrier ( and especially to his agent at the destination ) , a notice which would also enable the identification of the consignee . |
| 12 | He simply ran a wire from his bedroom under the carpet and downstairs to his mother 's phone , it was alleged . |
| 13 | It at the beginning of the second sentence refers to coming downstairs ( and not to his head , of course ) , and then the next it refers to another way . |
| 14 | It was not with her will , not at her command , that Brother Tutilo — dare I even call him Brother still ? — stole her away , and worse , in the blackness of his offence brought another innocent soul into sin , if not to his death . |
| 15 | In fact he had broken the most famous statesman of Europe , and within six months succeeded to Lloyd George 's place if not to his fame . |
| 16 | This he continued to do until his illness confined him first to his room and finally to his bed . |
| 17 | She had then bleached his hair along the side and at the temples … and the results , as she had promised , added ten years and more to his age . |
| 18 | The ideas were always Durance 's , he always initiated the paintings and when his hands permitted he carried out the work , but as he had become increasingly crippled the execution had been left more and more to his protégée . |
| 19 | Charles said he knew it well , being just off Eaton Square and close to his place of work . |
| 20 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
| 21 | You will go into the barn and up to his studio . |
| 22 | The parents contended that though the injuries were sustained before birth , the child continued to suffer them on birth and up to his death . |
| 23 | At nine the headmaster , who had introduced him , escorted him back to his hotel and up to his room . |
| 24 | Franco 's refusal to recognize that autarchy was economically and politically untenable was due partly to his belief that liberal democracy could not bring economic well-being , and partly to his lack of understanding of the complexities of economic policy-formulation . |
| 25 | To Polybius , and later to his continuator Posidonius , the ancient Roman simplicity was reassuring ( Polyb. 6.57.5 ; 31.25 ; 36.9 ; Posid. fr. 59 Jacoby ) . |
| 26 | He walked out of the tiny corridor , through the foyer and out to his car . |
| 27 | Her pulses quickened as she ran her hand delicately along his collarbone , over his biceps and back to his chest . |
| 28 | He read it in silence , then looked from his wife to his sister-in-law , and back to his wife again . |
| 29 | Conchis went to the bathroom and back to his room . |
| 30 | And get poor Jack away and back to his dressing-room and fit to go on . |