Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 2 | Eleanor was a bit of a trial to him at times . |
| 3 | On one occasion my father sent a runner to him in the Danakil country with an important letter . |
| 4 | For example , a close reading of the entry ‘ Maître de musique ’ in Meude-Monpas 's dictionary suggests that it was written with the art of Pierre-Montan Berton ( 1727-80 ) in mind : the article concludes with a eulogy to him as ‘ a sovereign master of the orchestra ’ , i.e. at the Paris Opera from 1755 . |
| 5 | The charter S 950 is a grant to him from 1018 , and so is S 952 , which alleges that Cnut gave Christ Church freedom , and may be connected with the report ( S 985 ) that he confirmed their liberties by placing their charters on the altar . |
| 6 | Why devote a chapter to him in a book which explicitly encourages its readers to pay attention to this music ? |
| 7 | It took Caillié eleven years of meticulous planning and a further year to reach the fabled city in 1828 , which turned out to be rather a disappointment to him after such a hazardous journey . |
| 8 | LORD TENTERDEN C.J. : Assuming that the offer to pay the six guineas without costs was evidence of an express promise by the defendant to pay that sum to the plaintiff as a compensation to him for his loss of time , still , if the defendant was not bound by law to pay that sum , the offer to do so not having been accepted will not avail the plaintiff . |
| 9 | have a chat to him about what you could do I said do n't worry I said . |
| 10 | Those interested in seeing more of the sculptor 's work can visit a museum to him in the village of Sacre Monte , just north of Varese , where he died in 1950 . |
| 11 | It 's certainly made a difference to him in that four days . |
| 12 | Those of Canon John 's professional musical friends who took part in the concert came from far and wide and gave their services as a gift to him in gratitude for being the leading light in all the musical ventures for the Third World while he was parish priest of St Joseph 's , Sale . |
| 13 | While he was n't able to resist indulging his rather immature sense of humour by selling me a few dummies , my father could n't abide a son of his not being a credit to him in some way ; my body was a forlorn hope for any improvement , so only my mind was left . |
| 14 | As an adolescent he was apprenticed to Roger Vivian , an assistant of the Levant Company , and during the 1640s served as a factor to him in Smyrna . |
| 15 | Ltd. v. Bridger was a case in which a son had procured his elderly parents to charge their house with the repayment to a finance company of a loan to him of £3,500 . |
| 16 | He will have debtors : his bank is a debtor to him for the amount standing to his credit ; his investments of money are claims to receive payment from the State or from corporations or individuals . |
| 17 | She 'd got through a call to him on the radio-phone that Kaptan was safe . |
| 18 | Fornara 90A : Pausanias ) , and the site was geographically appropriate because the Persians had landed in 490 not far away at Marathon ; Poseidon meant rule of the sea , and a temple to him at Sounion was a fitting piece of arrogance , visible far out in the Aegean ; Ares was the god of war and Acharnai was the most warlike deme and the one with the most manpower ( Thuc. ii . |
| 19 | Close though her friendship with Gary had become she had never once breathed a word to him about the new collections she saw taking shape at Mattli — and as for ‘ pillow talk ’ the notion was absurd . |
| 20 | She put out a hand to him at once . |
| 21 | She finished what she was doing , which was pouring wine , and carried a cup to him in silence , since any enquiry seemed pointless . |
| 22 | Joseph Thomson , the first European to explore Masailand , noted that ‘ they indulged in none of the obtrusive , vulgar inquisitiveness or aggressive impertinence which makes the traveller 's life a burden to him among other native tribes ’ . |
| 23 | I hope that it will be a lesson to him in future . |
| 24 | And if the manager of the Hospital and I have already dictated a letter to him on this er point and I plan to speak to him today . |
| 25 | Balfour came to stay at Petworth between the wars and I read a letter to him from another guest saying that she was sure that what they would both remember most about the visit was the intense cold of the house . |
| 26 | Moi also ordered a halt to an inquiry which began in October 1990 and instructed the three judges to submit a report to him before the end of January 1992 . |
| 27 | In these circumstances , where a director alleges an agreement with a committee of the Board for payment of remuneration , the court will not , in law or equity , award a sum to him for services to the company , as in relying on such an alleged agreement the director involves himself in an irreconcilable conflict between his duties as a director and his personal interests . |
| 28 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 29 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 30 | His grandmother had been like a mother to him for most of his childhood . |