Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the passage , he refers to the same combination of righteousness and giving the honour to God : |
| 32 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 33 | In it he refers to the lunar eclipse of 30 October 1091 that he happened to observe in Italy . |
| 34 | He clung to the traditional view , stating that the problem was scientifically indeterminate . |
| 35 | As he clung to the bloodied body of his mother lying on Wimbledon Common , he cried : ‘ Mummy , get up , get up . ’ |
| 36 | But it was a good scene and , by the time he got to the Hooded Owl speech , he was back on course . |
| 37 | Before he got to the real problem . |
| 38 | But he got to the final table of the championship again this year . |
| 39 | He sank into the waiting limo unshaven , crumpled , white-faced , nervous , shattered and by the time he got to the posh Beverly Hills Hotel , in need of the complimentary bottle of Scotch a thoughtful management had left in his room . |
| 40 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
| 41 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 42 | When he got to the High Street , he saw Hasan and Aziz walking up to the Common . |
| 43 | By the time he got to the oldest , a tiresome socialite friend of his mother 's , he started : ‘ I do n't think much … . ’ |
| 44 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 45 | He grabbed his passport but did n't open it until he got to the Hungarian border . |
| 46 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 47 | As soon as he got to the loose box where they had the horse he pulled a little bit of stick about six inches long out of his pocket and threw it right up into the manger . |
| 48 | How could he explain to the old woman sitting opposite him that he wore a five thousand pound watch ? |
| 49 | He revealed to the Daily Post recently that he was ready and willing to take on a player-manager 's role . |
| 50 | In the letter of resignation which he conveyed to the Constitutional Council on Jan. 11 , Chadli revealed that he had dissolved ( on Jan. 4 as it later transpired ) by presidential decree the National Popular Assembly . |
| 51 | He ventured to the Blighted Isle in search of his father 's armour . |
| 52 | Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism . |
| 53 | Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it . |
| 54 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 55 | Crouching again , he moved to the other side of the cabinet and repeated the same manoeuvre , craning his head to look out . |
| 56 | He moved to the small table , put down his glass and searched in his pockets for his cigarettes . |
| 57 | In 1977 , he moved to the Canadian Colour and Print operation , Blythe Matthey , and was active in the Canadian Ceramic society for many years as the pottery and whitwares secretary and chairman and also membership chairman . |
| 58 | It is a welcome return from the golfing wilderness for the former Durham County champion who carried hopes of a highly successful professional career when he moved to the paid ranks after gaining international honours some five years ago . |
| 59 | In 1948 he moved to the ancient house of Daneway , near Sapperton , where he ground his own flour , baked his own bread and made his own paper on which to print his poems on his own press . |
| 60 | Ian always wanted to work in industry , and in April 1986 , he moved to the Legal Department of British Coal [ then still known as the National Coal Board ] , specialising first in property work in the Gateshead office , and the following year joining a team of commercial solicitors based in Doncaster . |