Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv prt] 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 | But Sisson , in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter , interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war . |
| 3 | McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy . |
| 4 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |
| 5 | Details on his memorial in Christ Church , Macclesfield , describes him as " A Gentleman with a slender Portion on his Entrance in to Business . " |
| 6 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Reluctantly he brought his attention back to business . |
| 10 | Billy used to take his bicycle up to town on the train . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Finally , Fred has invited his wife out to dinner . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Turning his scorn on to Republic of Ireland boss Jack Charlton , Dunphy snorted : ‘ They play like Wimbledon , yet he 's regarded as a hero ! |
| 17 | Was his success down to size or technique … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | So I wrote the epilogue in Christian 's book , bringing his account up to date . |
| 22 | It was just ten minutes to nine , and Richard walked by on his way up to World 's End to catch a bus to the office . |
| 23 | Philip had forgotten temporarily about them moving from Little Knoll , what with getting Caspar out of the tractor-shed and thinking of Lee making his way up to Jubilee Wood . |
| 24 | When two hours had passed and he had n't returned , Lyn imagined him finding his way back to Bale 's and by this act leading her there in search of him . |
| 25 | Picking up the glass ball on his way back to bed , Mungo was still haunted by the episode in the forest . |
| 26 | Masterminding the event is an art history student , Daniel Marks , who successfully fought his way back to health after being diagnosed as having testicular cancer at the age of 17 . |
| 27 | TODDLER Michael Gater has fought his way back to health after being seriously injured in a road accident . |
| 28 | He went by jeep and on his way back to Brigade H.Q he ran over a German mine and was killed . ’ |
| 29 | Not that Patten was alone in lying his way back to power . |
| 30 | One morning , on his way down to breakfast , Dada saw her kneeling on the left-hand flight of the double staircase ; thinking she was saying her prayers , she was bent so low , Dada stepped past her politely . |