Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Made him promise never to eat again or we 'd tie him to a tombstone . |
| 2 | He recovered sufficiently to carry on racing — although the car required rewelding ! |
| 3 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 4 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 5 | He tried unsuccessfully to sniff back the tears as he watched Yanto race back towards the docks . |
| 6 | Although he tried hard to do so , Richard could never see how anyone could live without things in working order . |
| 7 | He moved quickly to cut short any illusions that they might have about possessing an independent authority or having de Gaulle in their debt . |
| 8 | I 've kept him informed and he has just to get on with his job . |
| 9 | But he has yet to explain publicly how traces of the drug Methandianone were found in a urine sample taken on July 15 . |
| 10 | As a result he joined the Royal Manor of Portland Athletics Club and has since run in several races for the club in the Dorset Road Racing League , although he has yet to catch up with his friend Tony Coleman from B40 Workshop ! |
| 11 | Sammy scampered leisurely in front of him while he stopped intermittently to pick up sweet chestnuts on the way . |
| 12 | ‘ He came here to get away from all women . |
| 13 | He could have forced the window in time , anyone could , but he seemed suddenly to think better of it . |
| 14 | And Chapman , 51 , was so traumatised by the experience he vowed never to get back behind the wheel , magistrates heard . |
| 15 | For a moment he stood gazing balefully at the Corsican 's back as he turned away to pass on down the line . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person who uses threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or displays any written material which is threatening , abusive or insulting , is guilty of an offence if ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ A person who publishes or distributes written material which is threatening , abusive or insulting is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If a public performance of a play is given which involves the use of threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , any person who directs the performance is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances ( and in particular , taking the performance as a whole ) racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person who distributes , or shows or plays , a recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening , abusive or insulting is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) If a programme involving threatening , abusive or insulting visual images or sounds is broadcast , or included in a cable programme service , each of the persons mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . |
| 21 | When the critical point was reached in mid-1941 , he acted quickly to turn down the heat . |
| 22 | In fact even Patrick 's labour is not really needed but he stays mainly to learn how to manage the farm later . |
| 23 | He campaigned tirelessly to win back the twice yearly courts or assizes , which Buckingham had lost to Aylesbury . |
| 24 | A forest of hands clutching a variety of tickets waved about his head like the tentacles of a sea anemone and he began patiently to explain where they had gone wrong . |
| 25 | Kneeling over her lower body , his belly hanging on to her knees , he began gently to cut off her panties . |
| 26 | But I felt strongly that , like Dickens again , though not to the same extent , he needed occasionally to get out into the open : which is why he made his way down to Cornwall once or twice to see Ronald Duncan . |
| 27 | However , he decided instead to take up the post he had been offered of Captain and Governor of the Isle of Wight . |
| 28 | While he went ahead to direct Yet , I looked about me . |
| 29 | He made Willie cocoa and left him with Sammy to look at the ‘ straw roofs ’ while he went upstairs to put up more blackouts . |
| 30 | He went upstairs to change out of the heavy boots he had ( unnecessarily ) decided were good rugby-watching gear . |