Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not simply to enable the vet to work in comfort , or even to reduce his rage when the first words are ‘ I will just go and try to get a rope on her ! ’ |
| 2 | But that was what he was being paid for and after hearing Mobuto at the United Nations he was now more determined than ever to ensure his safety . |
| 3 | But it still interested him , if only to put his mind at rest . |
| 4 | The Minister 's brief would be to ensure that rapists are given a fair trial , to remove the by then punitive tax on shaving brushes , and generally to encourage his sex to emerge from their hiding-places and contribute to the running of the nation . |
| 5 | The ‘ Church and King ’ front however , now that Louis XVI was held in Paris ( and soon to lose his head ) , regarded the date with repugnance . |
| 6 | She must know how to give or take his hand and always to acknowledge his presence as an equal partner in the dance . |
| 7 | I took the step ; something that had nagged me ever since ; I had discovered he had studied medicine ; and also to shock his mocking of my fatalism . |
| 8 | If he pays in first and then has to make an interim payment and he wants to make that payment out of the money in court , he must ask specifically for leave to do so and also to amend his notice of payment in so as to refer to the fact that some of the money has been paid out . |
| 9 | This implies that Robertson 's response to Kirk 's querying of the definition of " Chetniks " had been to remove the term altogether , and simply to word his instruction in general terms that " all surrendered personnel of established Yugoslav nationality who were serving in German forces should be disarmed and handed over to local Yugoslav forces . " |
| 10 | It is tempting to buy a small unit of Wolf Riders and use them to race ahead of your army , move around the enemy 's flanks , and maybe to attack his war machines before he has a chance to use them on your main force . |
| 11 | In Paris , an engineering specialist in deep tunnelling in heavy rock strata , home on leave , made up his mind there and then to turn his back on the remaining two and a half years of his contract . |
| 12 | Henry knew nothing about the new papal anathemas of which Anselm was the bearer , and he immediately required him first to renew the homage which he had done to Rufus , and then to consecrate his chancellor William Giffard to the bishopric of Winchester , with which he had invested him on his coronation day . |
| 13 | And then to organise his schedule accordingly , by allowing time for both active and reactive tasks . |
| 14 | If a Prime Minister indicated that he wished to resign because he was ill , the Queen would indeed be acting in accordance with constitutional law if she were then and there to accept his resignation and appoint a successor after taking whatever soundings seemed appropriate . |
| 15 | It is certainly a paradox that Posidonius , the friend and protégé " of Pompey — should help Caesar through his historical work to conquer Gaul and therefore to destroy his rival . |
| 16 | He claimed that his intention was not to bring down the government but merely to remind his brother of his election pledge to root out official corruption . |
| 17 | The Duc de Choiseul did not expect to occupy England , much less incorporate it in Louis XV 's empire , but merely to distract his enemy from further conquests overseas and encourage an early peace . |
| 18 | But just to see his face when we walked in was well worth it . |
| 19 | Dalgliesh began rapidly but methodically to clear his desk , then checked his murder bag . |
| 20 | It is a man 's responsibility to educate himself but also to educate his wife and children . ’ |
| 21 | Juan Bosch Gaviño , 82 , on March 15 told the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , which he had formed in 1973 after breaking from the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) , that he had decided not only to resign as party leader but also to withdraw his party membership , because of the bitter fighting between the right and left wings of the party . |
| 22 | Fumbling after phrases in the suicide letter and a thousand other places , the novelist strives to clarify an idea , but also to purge his understanding of great-sinner preconceptions and ambitions which the developing Possessed refuses to accommodate . |