Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't say that ; he 's a man with unusual views on a lot of things but he 's no fool ; he goes round lecturing to Old Cornwall Societies , Women 's Institutes and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 2 | He goes on to refer to legislation in 1980 in West Germany and in 1982 in Italy whereby post-operative transsexuals are deemed to belong to their chosen sex and have the rights and duties of that sex . |
| 3 | He goes on to say to Maria that |
| 4 | He goes off to report to the sergeant . |
| 5 | so he sits there erm , and you know you involve in our conversation , but he sits there talking to her and then he sort of feels out of it and then he storms off |
| 6 | He became increasingly attached to an almost Greek sense of the hero , but recast in a mould similar to Nietzsche 's superman . |
| 7 | As he got up to go to the microphone , I asked him what he was going to sing . |
| 8 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 9 | He got out to speak to them and an argument started which led to a fight . |
| 10 | Again he tried unsuccessfully to struggle to his feet , but failed . |
| 11 | At first he tried halfheartedly to appeal to me not to send the story to England for ‘ the sake of the side ’ . |
| 12 | Disappointed by her dull response , he moved away to talk to Muriella . |
| 13 | Algernon Peckham glanced at him , and there was a momentary pause before he moved on to speak to James Pegg . |
| 14 | Her adopted father , Arthur Harrison , also of North Green , Staindrop , has been keeping a vigil for the daughter he has barely spoken to since she was 17 . |
| 15 | If a statement of affairs has been lodged , the official receiver must also send a summary of it together with his observations on it unless he has previously reported to them and nothing material can be added , but if the lodging of a statement of affairs has been dispensed with , the official receiver must give creditors a summary of the bankrupt 's affairs ( amplified , modified or explained as he thinks fit ) ( rr 6.75 and 6.76 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ He has finally come to terms with being a United player . ’ |
| 17 | It offered a rare relief from what he has otherwise found to be an awkward campaign . |
| 18 | Well it 's just the architect She said , Well it does n't matter , if he has n't said to you . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , he has n't confessed to any new murders . |
| 20 | He has n't spoken to me except in anger for nine years ! ’ |
| 21 | He has n't talked to me since , but Violet tells me she has explained to him that ‘ some people are funny about dogs ’ . |
| 22 | We 'll take him off the scheme because he has n't replied to any of our correspondence . |
| 23 | He has n't got to and all that now has he ? |
| 24 | I 'm so thankful he has n't come to any harm . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry about this , lady , ’ said the senior fireman as the lady 's lover was driven away to the casualty department , ‘ but at least he has n't come to any more harm this way . ’ |
| 26 | " He has n't proposed to me yet , " Enid said placidly . |
| 27 | For television he has regularly contributed to Central 's multi-award winning series INSPECTOR MORSE . |
| 28 | He has nowhere to run to , nowhere , absolutely nowhere , to go . |
| 29 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 30 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |