Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] 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 | ‘ 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 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |
| 7 | Emotion had darkened his eyes almost to black , shocking her , but otherwise he kept his expression rigidly controlled . |
| 8 | Details on his memorial in Christ Church , Macclesfield , describes him as " A Gentleman with a slender Portion on his Entrance in to Business . " |
| 9 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 10 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of course the plaintiff 's solicitor will have to bring his calculations up to date and if necessary amend the statement of special damages on service of further medical reports or before trial . |
| 14 | Reluctantly he brought his attention back to business . |
| 15 | Billy used to take his bicycle up to town on the train . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Finally , Fred has invited his wife out to dinner . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As Joseph led his people away to winter in the Imnaha canyons , however , all the commissioners except Wood signed a report recommending the suppression of all Dreamer shamans , military occupation of the Wallowa and removal ‘ by force ’ of all non-treaty bands . |
| 21 | They tell of how the Israelites were caught between the Reed Sea and the pursuing Egyptian army , and how God drove the Egyptians into the sea to drown , while leading his people across to safety . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Turning his scorn on to Republic of Ireland boss Jack Charlton , Dunphy snorted : ‘ They play like Wimbledon , yet he 's regarded as a hero ! |
| 24 | Albert Tarr , a 54-year-old deaf tailor without speech , was standing in the place where he always stood to catch his train home to East Anstey after finishing work . |
| 25 | To an incoming Minister , who may owe his appointment more to adeptness in handling argument on paper or on the floor of the House of Commons , such inhibitions can come as an unwelcome surprise . |
| 26 | Was his success down to size or technique … |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | For the first time — and it 's about time — we see Bertie Wooster as he really is , a bungling destroyer of sensibility , eagerly and inanely driving his men on to set up an advanced cricket pitch 100 miles behind enemy lines . ’ |
| 30 | So I wrote the epilogue in Christian 's book , bringing his account up to date . |