Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HERBERT Blaize , a courtly politician of a bygone Caribbean era , believed God had chosen him to restore democracy to Grenada after 7,000 US troops invaded his island in 1983 to overthrow its marxist rulers . |
| 2 | He addressed two remonstrances to the king , urging him to send ambassadors to Russia , and arranged accommodation for Russian ambassadors in England . |
| 3 | He was at the garden party on Guy Fawkes Night in 1938 when the honourable member for Stockton , Harold Macmillan , burnt Chamberlain in effigy , and he earned the thanks of Bob Boothby later the same evening when he happened upon him making love to Macmillan 's wife against a turkey-oak tree — and went deaf and blind . |
| 4 | He wrote to King John ordering him to pay money to Otto . |
| 5 | But this past winter , when the A team job returned to him following injury to Martyn Moxon , he was by all accounts a revelation . |
| 6 | OCT 3 : Allegations that he made V-sign to Chelsea fans at Highbury after scoring Arsenal 's late winner — again not proven . |
| 7 | June 26 : statement deploring a speech by Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Nastase in which he made reference to Romania 's loss of the southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria in 1940 [ see p. 4207 ] . |
| 8 | An unreliable horseman on the Stuart side , witnessing the first charge of the clans on the Cumberland army , believed no troop could withstand such an onslaught , and he rode south to Edinburgh declaring victory , causing the Jacobites of the city to dance and sing . |
| 9 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |
| 10 | In 1307 he became chaplain to Bishop Wouldham of Rochester . |
| 11 | In July 1628 he became vice-chamberlain to Queen Henrietta Maria , and on 30 March 1629 was unsuccessfully seeking the comptrollership of the household . |
| 12 | He became assistant to Arsenal chief trainer George Hardy , and set about making a special study of anatomy , massage and electrical treatment . |
| 13 | He became assistant to W. S. Squire of Dunn , Squire & Co. at Silvertown in Essex . |
| 14 | The England No 2 first made moves when he led Southampton to FA Cup victory over Manchester United in 1976 . |
| 15 | But how could he explain Crandon to Benedicta ? |
| 16 | He owes allegiance to Geoffrey now , but does as little to aid him and as little to harm Stephen as possible , protecting both his own and his brother 's interests there , while Robert does as much for him here . |
| 17 | Soon after departing Ronaldsway he changed frequency to Warton LARS , passed his details and was given a new transponder code . |
| 18 | He dedicated books to L. Censorinus , consul 149 , and to the poet Lucilius : he praised or perhaps adulated Scipio Aemilianus about 140 . |
| 19 | He contributed poems to Iusta Oxoniensium ( 1612 ) , on the death of Prince Henry , and Funebria Sacra ( 1619 ) , on the death of Queen Anne . |
| 20 | It is alleged that , along with his friend , British gambling millionaire John Aspinall , he contributed $650,000 to Chief Buthelezi 's Inkatha party in South Africa . |
| 21 | He says things to Lennie such as : |
| 22 | John Morris 's international prospects have been widely written off ever since he played Algy to David Gower 's Biggles in that amusing but ill-advised flying-circus routine on England 's last Australian tour . |
| 23 | Big John McCormick had had a distinguished career in Scotland , where he had been on the verge of international honours while playing with now defunct Third Lanark and at Aberdeen , but it was , amazingly , as a makeweight that he came south to Crystal Palace . |
| 24 | Should he give thanks to Moma Parsheen too ? |
| 25 | Can I say to the honourable gentleman , why does n't he give encouragement to Britain 's performance in the financial services sector ? |
| 26 | On 14 February 1637 , for example , he granted licence to Lady Mary Crane to cut down underwood in Stoke Park in Salcey Forest ‘ until she had made an agreement with His Majesty for the disafforestment thereof . |
| 27 | Here he mishooks Younis to Miandad in the first innings |
| 28 | ‘ Beside all that , ’ Robert said , ‘ I had to take him into the city , and he was n't real keen — I 'm sure he prefers Sydney to London . ’ |
| 29 | Then he pledged loyalty to Frick and to his leadership . |
| 30 | He paid calls to La Vieille Cité , famed for its antiquities , where he was politely entertained and actually bought a little Renaissance bronze relief , but no one had heard of a cross coming on the market in recent years . |