Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [adv] to [noun] " 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 | ‘ So Damon 's giving all his money away to charity , ’ retorts Marlon sardonically . |
| 3 | And of Katherine Hepburn : ‘ She ran the gamut of expressions from A to B. ’ One-liners that catch the eye include : The best play I ever slept through ; I 've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella ; I saw the play at a disadvantage — the curtain was up ; The scenery was beautiful but the actors got in front of it ; When Mr Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell , he underestimates the distance . ’ |
| 4 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 5 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 6 | Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Liverpool tonight in the Coca-Cola Cup , after losing there 5-0 in the League on Saturday . |
| 7 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
| 8 | He pushed his drawing across to Hayman . |
| 9 | In a state of some exasperation , he was about to organize his car back to Pangbourne , when Felicity appeared round the corner of one of the make-up caravan . |
| 10 | Nahum Morey rarely drove in his carriage up to London now that the railway had come to Chertsey . |
| 11 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 12 | Details on his memorial in Christ Church , Macclesfield , describes him as " A Gentleman with a slender Portion on his Entrance in to Business . " |
| 13 | Mr Beecham placed the last sheet of stiff paper on top of a number of others and raised his gaze again to Joe , who was sitting opposite to him , and continued , ‘ There is no obstacle to your inheritance , as I can see . |
| 14 | Ipuky turned his gaze slowly to Taheb . |
| 15 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 16 | Reluctantly , Falkenhayn was forced to switch his gaze back to Verdun . |
| 17 | Nikos turned to say goodbye to some customers , flapped a cloth over the table he had emptied before turning his gaze back to Niall . |
| 18 | He picked up his cup of tea and turned his gaze back to Michael . |
| 19 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Probably Edward was respected in Hungary , which may say much for interest in the English monarchy , but the only certainty is his return thence to England , at his countrymen 's request , in 1057 , presumably because some hoped he would succeed the childless Edward the Confessor [ q.v . ] . |
| 22 | Carrington put his visor close to Talbot 's . |
| 23 | His attitude both to life and art , charming enough in him , when taken up by others as a general cultural ideal becomes something deadly , especially for the English , an intelligent but very lazy people , far too easily bored , and persuaded beyond argument that they are the Herrenvolk . |
| 24 | For , so the story went , Pan Chao had decapitated Kan Ying there and then and sent his body back to Rome where it had lain out in the open in the great square , slowly rotting , waiting for the young Emperor , Ho Ti 's triumphal entry into the city three years later . |
| 25 | In 1799 , having decided that strict attention to work was undermining his health , Edwards turned his business over to R. H. Evans [ q.v. ] and set up as a gentleman collector . |
| 26 | Back in Ockleton 's rooms at Breakspear , seated by a roaring fire and sipping finer port than he could ever recall tasting , he had asked Ockleton to explain his reaction earlier to Harry 's revelation that Alan Dysart had once worked for him in Swindon . |
| 27 | His increased workload in the family shipping business was also another consideration is his move back to Ormeau . |
| 28 | In 1981 Tony struck out on his own , repairing and making guitars in the North East , and since his move westward to Wales six years ago , he 's been free to concentrate more on building . |
| 29 | He turned his attention again to Maggie . |
| 30 | Stephen turned his attention abruptly to Roger and Amy Dyson , hovering behind Martin 's broad back . |