Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb -s] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 2 | He has set up a pirate radio station in his bedroom , where he talks to the disaffected youth of his neighbourhood under the guise of Happy Harry Hard-On . |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes leaves England for New York City where he comes to the aid of his long-time love , the famous stage actress Irene Adler . |
| 4 | Timothy O'Riordan , of the University of East Anglia , thinks sustainability might be accepted as the ‘ mediating term ’ between developers and environmentalists , although he leans to the view that it will eventually languish as a ‘ good idea ’ which can not sensibly be put into practice . |
| 5 | ‘ So he goes to the top of the tower to study them . ’ |
| 6 | Convena did all his work and they asked him to go to London you know , there 's some was on years ago so he goes to the headquarters and he said he just could n't believe it , he turned on him and said you 're a shallow bloody hypocrite he said ! |
| 7 | Alright , so he looks to the past for his moral inspirations and he imagines that Nick is looking to the future . |
| 8 | If he points to the empty box then it is probably fair to regard this as deliberate misinforming , as the ‘ implanting ’ of a false belief in another 's mind . |
| 9 | ‘ But Tom , if he goes to the clinic — wo n't they ask whom he was with ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe we 'll find out what it is if he goes to the hospital with us , ’ said David thoughtfully . |
| 11 | If he goes to the pub Stuart would probably know him anyway . |
| 12 | Wind is in such a big way and if he goes to the planning appeal and one thing or something , it 'll skin this bloody , it 'll , it 'll skin this bloody town |
| 13 | If he explains to the court why the debt has n't been paid , you and he will be given a date for the case to be heard . |
| 14 | But if he comes to the top of the ridge , he is sure to come down here , because he w ill see the green leaves . |
| 15 | The king 's son feigns all manner of vice , exceeding even Macbeth — but professing for himself a list of vices so horrible that Macduff is forced to exclaim that if he succeeds to the throne , Scotland will receive a far worse tyrant . |
| 16 | Lewis Carroll possibly knew of this phrase but , because he refers to the grin outlasting the rest of the body , it is more likely that his real influence was the cheese rather than the swordsman . |
| 17 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 18 | With an increase of bland courtesy he insists that she stay in the car while he talks to the girl behind the Reception desk . |
| 19 | But if the first speaker is not seated at the top table there may be a pause while he walks to the microphone . |
| 20 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |
| 21 | But if the England manager deplored the lack of flair in the squad he took to Sweden then it can only be a matter of time before he turns to the Bart Man . |
| 22 | Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it . |
| 23 | CHRIS Patten may have to wait a year or two before he returns to the Commons . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope it will not be long before he returns to the front bench . ’ |
| 25 | And I said yeah , I was on one and Suzie was on seven , and I said yeah , even the cleaners complain , you know , in the evening that he do n't shut the door when he goes to the loo and er I said , must have said , when she 's working and Dee Dee turned round and she gl she laughed and said working ? |
| 26 | Therefore when he refers to the sphere of circulation here he does not have in mind market relations , but rather a system of planned production and exchange , which may or may not have included some form of monetary accounting . |
| 27 | Tillich recognizes the former point , when he refers to the mystical approach to nature , which is to be found in the works of St Francis of Assisi , Protestant mystics and German Romantics , and states that they illustrate an attitude almost indistinguishable from the principle of identity . |
| 28 | When he refers to the ‘ discourse ’ Barthes seems to be evoking the flowing character of the text , suggesting its dynamic , alive nature rather than its stolid , object nature as a text ( e.g. Barthes 1975 : 44 , 51 , 58 , 178 , etc . ) . |
| 29 | When he gets to the event and discovers that the people there are friendly , interesting and pleasant company — and most belong to the same political party — he will begin to think . |
| 30 | when he gets to the bit that goes ‘ Your daddy 's rich ’ |