Example sentences of "[prep] response to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , James faced a concerted campaign of civil disobedience from his Anglican subjects in response to his undermining of the laws protecting the Church of England . |
| 2 | as if in response to his cursing , the wild night struck back at him , flaring a double blow of brilliant whiteness that seemed to tear at him through the windows . |
| 3 | In typical style Shaheen had commissioned the QE2 to take a large party of people to the opening and offered me a cabin on her , but as I could not spare the time and was not sure that I would be entirely at home with my fellow passengers , I flew over in response to his invitation . |
| 4 | In response to his anxiety , perhaps he will send me quotations of what he said during the period of the last Labour Government when 30,980 jobs were lost in the mining industry in Wales . |
| 5 | Lorca 's attempts at surrealism issued in response to his friend Salvador Dali 's savage criticisms of his lack of modernity in his Gypsy Ballads ( ’ Bound hand and feet to the old poetry , ’ as Dali commented ) . |
| 6 | He invokes the words of another foreign minister in response to his question , ‘ How should we keep putting pressure on you ? ’ — ‘ Keep the letters coming , ’ he replied . |
| 7 | She was already beside the door , and pivoted like someone in a dream in response to his call . |
| 8 | An act done at the request of the offeror in response to his promise is consideration ; and consideration in its essence is nothing else but response to such a request . |
| 9 | In response to his prompting remark that ‘ the Jewish problem still has n't been cleared up ’ and ‘ we hear nothing at all about what sort of solution is imagined ’ , only three Party members ( 5 per cent ) expressed open approval of the right to exterminate the Jews , with comments such as : ‘ The Führer has decided upon the extermination of Jewry and promised it . |
| 10 | Smiling shakily back and in response to his urging , she sank with him to the floor . |
| 11 | By the time the girl who had rung in response to his advertisement had arrived on the scene , the horse was already bridled and saddled . |
| 12 | In response to his cry for help today , you will be with me in paradise . |
| 13 | In response to his appeal to other countries to ignore the move , the governments of Australia and New Zealand announced that they would continue to recognise Papua New Guinea 's territorial integrity , whilst the Indonesian government stated on May 19 that it would abide by its principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of independent states . |
| 14 | There is a chapter which discusses the letters from Germans — ‘ good Germans ’ in the main — which were sent to him in response to his book about the camps . |
| 15 | Maria was momentarily gripped by an odd , angry despair in response to his denial that he was having an affair with Cavell . |