Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor was educated at home and at a private day-school , and as apprentice to his father . |
| 2 | Brian — better known as BK to his friends — went to the Ukraine in November on a visit organised by the Life Church of Mobile . |
| 3 | Following a consumer deal in which the consumer bought a hot bottle direct from the manufacturer , the consumer may claim for damage to his bed after the bottle burst . |
| 4 | For this reason a non-occupier can not maintain a claim in nuisance and an occupier 's right to damages for his personal injuries is ancillary to his claim for compensation for damage to his property . |
| 5 | Begin to look for route to his home in A-Z . |
| 6 | For more than two years from mid-1986 , Mazur — known as Musella to his drug world contacts — risked his life as he sought to infiltrate the smugglers in an operation known as C-Chase . |
| 7 | Edward , known as David to his family , did not want the role of Kingship , but then , neither did his brother Bertie . |
| 8 | He also blamed the English family connexion of the crown princess for opposition to his politics at court . |
| 9 | God remains commited for good or for ill to his people . |
| 10 | W. C. T. had been busy in other ways too , fathering a series of children ; three at least were to die young , and he took them for burial to his cousins , Baptist Chapel at Worship Street , Shoreditch . |
| 11 | Stuart is known as Bobby to his team-mates after graduating from the ex-England manager Bobby Robson 's School of Excellence . |
| 12 | Anthony lost a lot of blood and is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face , arm and leg and foot . |
| 13 | With his whole political position in western Toulouse crumbling , Raymond again appealed for help to his overlord , King Philip , and this time his appeal was answered . |
| 14 | Lycander describes his passion for Terentia to his sister Emilia : |
| 15 | Fox looked like Bertie Wooster and , for some reason , was known as Brenda to his colleagues . |
| 16 | Mason occupied two spaces on a tier of seats normally reserved for visitors to his manager 's gymnasium above the Royal Oak , a grimy Victorian watering hole in Canning Town . |
| 17 | And Madam I 'd ask you not to make any award for compensation to his girlfriend cos that 's just gon na add insult to injury really , is n't it ? |
| 18 | Anthony Bowles , 61 , known as Ant to his friends , was a familiar face in London 's West End for more than 25 years . |
| 19 | A was held liable to B for trespass to his goods and to C for unlawful interference with his contract with B. However , there must be some conduct which is ‘ unlawful ’ apart from the intent to injure C , so that , for example , refusing , without any breach of contract , to provide B with supplies that he needs to fulfil his contract with C is no more a tort against C than it is against B , even though A 's motive is to injure C. |
| 20 | Mr Haughton was taken to Whiston Hospital and treated for burns to his chest and right shoulder . |
| 21 | Mr Cocksedge was treated in hospital for burns to his hands and face , but he later discharged himself so he could help clear up . |
| 22 | He was later treated at Whiston for burns to his hands . |
| 23 | A Stockton man needed hospital treatment for burns to his hands after a chip pan fire . |
| 24 | The cell mate was treated for burns to his hands and later returned to the gaol . |
| 25 | They had not given these reasons for transfer to his parents . |
| 26 | If Glynn had wanted a cover for visits to his woman friend , his charitable trips to St Ives served him well ; New Mill involved only a detour of a mile or so from the direct route . |
| 27 | Even though he sees the parents of these dead children as traitors to his cause ? |
| 28 | Anyone who has served with him at the Department — and I am talking not just about his present ministerial team — knows that he not only brings a greater degree of expertise to his job than anyone I can remember but does it with great inventiveness in terms of improving benefits and with an exceptional degree of compassion and , above all , integrity . |
| 29 | This last remark proved accurate : Elek encountered financial difficulties and Vaughan , on his own and Minton 's behalf , took the matter of payment to his solicitors . |
| 30 | The miraculous moment of transmutation , when lead turns into gold , as it were , can be proven to have taken place at the precise second when the first buyer hands over his American Express card to add the foreskin of the Infant Jesus or a mummified fish from the Miraculous Drought of Fishes to his collection . |