Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv prt] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As her father began his fight back to health , Diana 's mother took a hand in guiding her career . |
| 2 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 3 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 4 | Details on his memorial in Christ Church , Macclesfield , describes him as " A Gentleman with a slender Portion on his Entrance in to Business . " |
| 5 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 6 | The Cambridge philosopher of religion on the board refused to vote for Ramsey for he did not think his work up to standard — the Cambridge philosophers never forgave the ‘ irrationality ’ which was a streak in his first and most original book . |
| 7 | Reluctantly he brought his attention back to business . |
| 8 | Billy used to take his bicycle up to town on the train . |
| 9 | This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised . |
| 10 | George , it has to be faced , was a bore ; he grunted and grumbled and refused to take his wife out to dinner on the grounds that the night air would bring on his fever . |
| 11 | Finally , Fred has invited his wife out to dinner . |
| 12 | John 's face seemed to come alive and his spirit escaped the prison of the photograph releasing brief images of happy times ; John dancing along the pavement , John tilting his head back to exhale smoke from a cigarette , John talking to a cuddly toy in a supermarket and making me laugh . |
| 13 | Schwer , 24 , is bidding to reroute his career back to championship status against rugged Frenchman Farid Benredjeb , in his first outing since losing his crowns to Paul Burke in February . |
| 14 | Turning his scorn on to Republic of Ireland boss Jack Charlton , Dunphy snorted : ‘ They play like Wimbledon , yet he 's regarded as a hero ! |
| 15 | Was his success down to size or technique … |
| 16 | King John II succeeded Philip in 1350 and , after a series of English victories during which John was captured and sent back to England , Edward led his army on to Champagne . |
| 17 | His road back to traditionalism could appear the only way to escape a theological disintegration which threatened not just Vatican I , but Chalcedon and Nicaea as well . |
| 18 | So I wrote the epilogue in Christian 's book , bringing his account up to date . |
| 19 | It was just ten minutes to nine , and Richard walked by on his way up to World 's End to catch a bus to the office . |
| 20 | Philip had forgotten temporarily about them moving from Little Knoll , what with getting Caspar out of the tractor-shed and thinking of Lee making his way up to Jubilee Wood . |
| 21 | When two hours had passed and he had n't returned , Lyn imagined him finding his way back to Bale 's and by this act leading her there in search of him . |
| 22 | Picking up the glass ball on his way back to bed , Mungo was still haunted by the episode in the forest . |
| 23 | Masterminding the event is an art history student , Daniel Marks , who successfully fought his way back to health after being diagnosed as having testicular cancer at the age of 17 . |
| 24 | TODDLER Michael Gater has fought his way back to health after being seriously injured in a road accident . |
| 25 | He went by jeep and on his way back to Brigade H.Q he ran over a German mine and was killed . ’ |
| 26 | Not that Patten was alone in lying his way back to power . |
| 27 | One morning , on his way down to breakfast , Dada saw her kneeling on the left-hand flight of the double staircase ; thinking she was saying her prayers , she was bent so low , Dada stepped past her politely . |
| 28 | When he was ready he came back into her room , shutting the door behind him on his way down to dinner . |
| 29 | Stirling 's stated purpose in writing the memo was to suggest that recruiting his unit up to strength should take precedence over the equipping of these new battalions . |
| 30 | He stood abruptly , picking up the parcels and pulling her to her feet , his hand firmly on her arm , his face back to derision . |