Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It felt as though the tree he was sitting in and the green leaves all around him belonged to another world altogether and that he was a trespasser who had no right to be where he was . |
| 2 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 3 | John explained in a programme note that he had tried ‘ to get the robustness of the early eighteenth century as well as the extremely mannered movements of the period ’ and , although I saw it once only , memory suggests that he succeeded to good effect . |
| 4 | He agreed to sweeping reforms , a rapid transition to multiparty politics , consultations with the opposition , and an amnesty for political offenders . |
| 5 | ‘ Which is why it 's so super that he agreed to this interview , ’ she quickly covered her slip . |
| 6 | That 's why he agreed to this article on the hacienda . ’ |
| 7 | In addition to his tile business , he also transfer-printed on to enamelled copper and porcelain , which he sold to other retailers and from his own shop in Harrington Street . |
| 8 | When he applied to one college for a teaching job he was told bluntly they would have nothing to do with blind people . |
| 9 | Every time he got to that corner it 'd be like that , all fucking giving it some of that . |
| 10 | He 'd made major strides in establishing the kind of company he wanted , which was n't the kind of company David wanted , and I think David saw that when he got to New York . |
| 11 | He got to one knee but had to stay down until the count reached nine . |
| 12 | Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’ |
| 13 | Some months after Wilson resigned from being prime minister , he admitted to two journalists that he believed there was a faction in DI5 sympathetic to the South African and Rhodesian authorities . |
| 14 | Afterwards , however , he admitted to still feeling ‘ used up ’ after a poor night 's sleep . |
| 15 | He tried to corrupt people by the desires of their bodies … ’ |
| 16 | On behalf of Mrs Kemp he objected to this denial of the rules of natural justice . |
| 17 | However strongly he objected to military governors-general , he also believed strongly in the maintenance of law and order . |
| 18 | Once again , says Mr Teicher , he at least was not fooled : in 1979 he wrote a report describing the horribleness of the Iraqi dictator and explaining the threat he posed to American interests . |
| 19 | In 1866 he moved to 11 Nelson Street , where he remained until his death , turning 24 Hardy Street into a private nursing home . |
| 20 | He moved to New College , Oxford , in February 1940 , only to be interned briefly in Paignton , Devon . |
| 21 | He moved to 99 Ledsam Street ( The Tank House ) . |
| 22 | He moved to Imperial College in 1911 , was appointed assistant professor of chemical engineering in 1917 , and elevated to the chair in 1926 . |
| 23 | During World War II McLachlan 's laboratory in central London was badly damaged but he moved to various locations , including the Pharmaceutical Society in Bloomsbury Square . |
| 24 | A year as Agricultural Division personnel manager followed ; he moved to General chemicals as general manager in 1986 . |
| 25 | Sent away to prep school at eight , he was lonely and homesick and no sooner had he settled in than he moved to public school , to Gordonstoun , a bleak and desolate place on the windswept north-east coast of Scotland , with a regime to match . |
| 26 | Perhaps Lord Ashley-Cooper was so horrified that he moved to another property , for there is evidence that the Manor reverted to being a tenanted farmhouse and remained thus until it was sold by the Shaftesburys in 1912 to Colonel Canning . |
| 27 | Originally he worked from Shrewsbury on the Bristol run and then on the West Country routes when he moved to Old Oak Common , London . |
| 28 | His drive and energy helped Leeds to four FA cup finals and two league titles , before he moved to nearby Hull City where he played another 61 games . |
| 29 | After switching codes at the age of 11 when he moved to senior school , he began life as a flanker and it was not until 1973 , when he had been playing for seven years , that he moved to tight-head prop . |
| 30 | In 1985 he moved to Corporate Finance as Group management accountant . |