Example sentences of "he [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leaned heavily upon her arm , with a shambling lameness which was only half assumed , for he had gone barefoot for three weeks before he reached the refuge from which Iago had conveyed him west to Shrewsbury . |
| 2 | In seconds , his breath was warm on her cheek , and her eyes flew open as she felt him chest to chest above her . |
| 3 | ‘ He was n't moving so I started to give him mouth to mouth . ’ |
| 4 | She gave him mouth to mouth , and cardiac massage . |
| 5 | Bill glared him eye to eye . |
| 6 | While one can not always rely on Taskopruzade for precision in regard to dates , nor for that matter even in regard to the reigns in which various events occurred , as has been seen , it is hard to accept that he is in error by some twenty or twenty-five years , especially in a period close enough to his own to allow him access to people who had lived in that period . |
| 7 | Being on good terms with dischargers is essential for the field man to do his job efficiently : it allows him access to property whenever necessary , enabling him to carry out inspections , and to raise matters which might otherwise be sensitive . |
| 8 | When they lock the man up with Jim and John and Henry and Mary and Dolores and Grace — I hope they will give him access to books , with paper enough for him to go on making translations for us from the classics such as we have never seen except at his hands in our language . |
| 9 | If the truth were known , he had only acceded to her wishes because it took him away from her , allowing him access to libraries , bookshops and students of all races and creeds — many of them Irish . |
| 10 | He landed him invitations to society dances where Jack would normally have been lucky to be collecting coats at the door . |
| 11 | The ease with which he passes from provincial gaucheries to suave Franco-Italianate portraiture , which made him painter to King George III , is fully recorded . |
| 12 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 13 | Top-line caddying was at first only part-time for Dave , although even a part-time career brought him face to face with the second of the twin imposters , disaster , in 1971 at the Open championship at Royal Birkdale . |
| 14 | I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming ! ’ |
| 15 | They could n't harm him face to face . |
| 16 | Originally , I felt quite negative towards him — until I met him face to face and thought , ‘ Oh , he 's quite a nice man . ’ |
| 17 | " And say your prayers regular , Tristram , that the good Lord may bring you back safe to us , " she added before turning quickly away to leave him face to face with Jennifer . |
| 18 | The duet continued , with Gesner planted solidly in the middle of the stage , and Therese whirling and gliding around him , managing never to confront him face to face , and with wit and grace stealing the scene totally back from him . |
| 19 | She must wait and see Paul , talk to him face to face . |
| 20 | Lucky old Shelley — the first woman to meet him face to face . ’ |
| 21 | A nationalist MP has challenged Loyalist gunmen , who murdered a father and son in Tyrone , to meet him face to face . |
| 22 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 23 | He dung to bafflement . |
| 24 | He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith . |
| 25 | After Aunt Emily 's death , he had informed her that he wished to speak to her and had proposed that he journey to Bishopstow for the purpose . |
| 26 | Instead he beings to work , through one man of his choice , and one nation of his choice , for the renewing of the world . |