Example sentences of "his [noun] [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 | On 1 December Cumberland moved some of his cavalry forward to Congleton , from which they withdrew after confirming the presence of Lord George Murray 's troops , but this intelligence left the Duke more undecided than ever about the Jacobites ' real objective , as his private secretary admitted in a letter , dated 2 December 1745 , to London : |
| 5 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 6 | He landed eventually at Stabiae ( near the present Castellammare ) , where things were still fairly tolerable , and there he encountered a friend of his , one Pomponianus , who was making frantic preparations to escape , loading his possessions on to ships and fretting for a favourable wind so that he could put to sea . |
| 7 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 8 | Through teaching he enjoys being able to pass his skills on to others and is confident that he will soon have his new pupils rocking and rolling , quickstepping and cha-cha-chaaing the night away . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He pushed his drawing across to Hayman . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |
| 14 | If he is interested in what is happening in the European Community , he could do no better than cast his eyes across to France where a socialist Government have just announced that country 's highest-ever unemployment level . |
| 15 | Emotion had darkened his eyes almost to black , shocking her , but otherwise he kept his expression rigidly controlled . |
| 16 | Bodie put his lips close to Doyle 's ear . |
| 17 | Nahum Morey rarely drove in his carriage up to London now that the railway had come to Chertsey . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Details on his memorial in Christ Church , Macclesfield , describes him as " A Gentleman with a slender Portion on his Entrance in to Business . " |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ipuky turned his gaze slowly to Taheb . |
| 22 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 23 | Reluctantly , Falkenhayn was forced to switch his gaze back to Verdun . |
| 24 | Nikos turned to say goodbye to some customers , flapped a cloth over the table he had emptied before turning his gaze back to Niall . |
| 25 | He picked up his cup of tea and turned his gaze back to Michael . |
| 26 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Brando refused to act with him in the end and Harris found himself addressing his lines not to Brando but a packing case acting as a stand-in . |
| 29 | 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 . ] . |
| 30 | Carrington put his visor close to Talbot 's . |