Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Tottenham teenager beat his stepfather to death with a cricket bat after an argument about mess caused by his puppies . |
| 2 | It helped his team to edge 3 matches to 2 ahead in the series hosted by John Laing plc . |
| 3 | Ramsey invited his Master to lunch and invited Knox to meet him . |
| 4 | Durán , due to take office on Aug. 10 in succession to Rodrigo Borja Cevallo of the Izquierda Democratica ( ID — Democratic Left ) , completed the composition of his Cabinet on July 20 , and underlined his commitment to free-market policies by including in it members of the business sector . |
| 5 | He was awarded damages and drew his salary to retirement age . |
| 6 | He devoted his life to politics for a twofold purpose : to ensure that the useless slaughter of the First World War was not repeated , and that the survivors of that horrific experience should live in a better world . |
| 7 | He devoted his life to writing and submitted numerous articles to Scottish and English magazines , but success eluded him and he was unable to support himself . |
| 8 | During the day John worked in the cotton trade , and in his spare time he devoted his energy to music and various activities , such as acting as the secretary for cricket clubs , always with the intention of promoting his business career . |
| 9 | Unionist candidates used his letter to Law as an election leaflet to reassure their supporters and to parade his capture to the nation . |
| 10 | JAMAICAN umpire Steve Bucknor changed his attitude to trial by television on the second day of the second cricket Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday . |
| 11 | He failed the end of year exams after the first year and changed his subject to sociology , in which he later attained a degree . |
| 12 | As part of the marriage settlement he changed his surname to Smith-Cumming , later becoming known as Cumming . |
| 13 | Then he dedicated his life to music and the pursuit of women , and we found we had things in common . |
| 14 | Professor Philip Swallow , Head of the English Department at Rummidge University , had been elected Dean of the Arts Faculty for a three-year term ; and since the duties of this office , added to his Departmental responsibilities , drastically reduced his contribution to undergraduate teaching , he was by tradition allowed to appoint a temporary lecturer , at the lower end of the salary scale , as what was quaintly termed ‘ Dean 's Relief ’ . |
| 15 | The story , involving a bricklayer 's misfortunes as he attempted to lower some bricks from the top of a building in a barrel , was not especially funny , but Hoffnung 's manner and delivery reduced his audience to hysterics . |
| 16 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 17 | He bathed his face in the fountain of her body liquid , and filled his mouth to capacity . |
| 18 | As the passenger capsule whisked through the crystalline tube above the blurred green hell of jungle , Jaq scrutinized his personal Tarot card and recalled his trip to Earth as a boy aboard the Black Ship … |
| 19 | The six months Tom spent in hospital prevented his return to college . |
| 20 | When the lease ended in 1810 , Lord transferred his ground to North Bank , Regent 's Park , in order to avoid a greatly increased rent bill , and the MCC moved there in 1811 . |
| 21 | I played his record to death . |
| 22 | The dead person was then taken by Horus and presented to Osiris , who was seated on his throne accompanied by Isis and Nephthys , and received his reward to admittance to the afterlife . |
| 23 | Kuhn started his academic career as a physicist and then turned his attention to history of science . |
| 24 | In the summer of 1913 Chapman at last turned his attention to City 's unsound defence . |
| 25 | With the approach of civil war , Moore pledged his support to Parliament , being named a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire on 24 March 1642 and taking part in July in the first military action of the war in Manchester , which was secured after a skirmish with Lord Strange . |
| 26 | BIRMINGHAM manager Terry Cooper has turned his back on Bristol Rovers and pledged his future to City . |
| 27 | Aung San renewed his appeal to Nu to come in . |
| 28 | James Curran , the left-wing media intellectual who had been advising on market research , leaked his involvement to Tribune , the established semi-official paper of the traditional Labour left . |
| 29 | John Major , like Douglas Hurd and Michael Heseltine , discussed the way that this adherence shaped his approach to politics and national life . |
| 30 | In his inauguration speech on Oct. 30 Iliescu reaffirmed his commitment to pluralism and to the introduction of a market economy . |