Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began pony racing and as his father actively encouraged him , he naturally progressed to horses and by coincidence landed his first winner on his first ride — Final Assault on the Flat at Naas in March 1983 . |
| 2 | He was potentially a useful ally and one with whom Edward needed to keep on good terms , if only because of his claim to the French throne ; but he proved unreliable and the expedition to Normandy was aborted when he suddenly came to terms with John II . |
| 3 | Franco had never seen him so drunk and , although Maidstone 's intake of alcohol had often been greater on past occasions , this time he just went to pieces . |
| 4 | When Michael saw the happy faces on Christmas Day , the food that seemed inexhaustible and the merriment his gifts had brought , he finally came to terms with himself . |
| 5 | Peter seized the black document-wallet he always took to meetings . |
| 6 | He also referred to provisions in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 relating to administrative receivers , and to many other provisions in the Insolvency Act 1986 and in the Companies Act 1985 which might conceivably have some bearing on this question . |
| 7 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 8 | During World War II he regularly sent to pupils who were on active service a circular newsletter of a highly characteristic kind ; these were published in 1945 in a book called Letters from Cambridge . |
| 9 | They considered the outburst as less serious than the disgraceful row at Cambridge University earlier in the season when Ramprakash launched a disgusting four letter tirade against the students ' Marcus Wight , and he almost came to blows with John Emburey when the stand-in skipper intervened . |
| 10 | Since Scott is primarily neither a storyteller nor a director of actors — though the film was strongly cast , making the latter point less significant — he sometimes resorted to tricks to get a response . |
| 11 | He sometimes preached to congregations of some two to three thousand who listened to him with ‘ much attention and willingness ’ . |
| 12 | He never came to terms with losing her , or the fact that people he 'd trusted cheated him . ’ |
| 13 | He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense . |