Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If under the contract between A and B property had not yet passed to B ( see Chapter 3 ) , then A was still the owner when he sold to C. Still being the owner , A could pass that ownership to C. One has to examine the two contracts , B's and C's , and find out under which of them property was to pass first . |
| 32 | Mr Segni says he resorted to referendums after more than ten years of fruitless debate within the party on institutional reform . |
| 33 | THE gunman in the Darlington siege loved his girlfriend so much he resorted to violence in a fit of jealousy , it was claimed last night . |
| 34 | He rode to school on one of the high ‘ sit up and beg ’ bikes with a saddle on the crossbar , which enabled him to take his daughter from his home at Harnham to school at The Godolphin . |
| 35 | With just a handful of followers he rode to Chinon , the castle of his ancestors , and stayed there , ill and exhausted , while Richard and Philip overran Maine and Touraine . |
| 36 | More importantly , and as often as he could , he rode to Pesaro 's citadel west of Famagusta . |
| 37 | Only , next day , he rode to Famagusta with less than a light heart , to lead his men to the end of the game . |
| 38 | Minton may have selected which title he was to illustrate , as Le Grand Meaulnes , formerly translated as The Lost Domain , was a book he recommended to friends . |
| 39 | The policy he applied to Florian would have suited her perfectly . |
| 40 | Yesterday he applied to Mr Justice Turner for his client 's defence costs — both here and in the United States — until Ward was given legal aid in November 1991 . |
| 41 | The unusually confrontational rhetoric suggests that Mao was perhaps less than correct when , 40 years ago yesterday , he announced to Tiananmen : ‘ The Chinese people have stood up … we have friends all over the world . ’ |
| 42 | He announced to cheers that he had written to Presidents Gorbachev and Bush seeking support for what has been called Prague 's polite revolution . |
| 43 | He announced to cheers that he had written to Presidents Gorbachev and Bush seeking support for what has been called Prague 's polite revolution . |
| 44 | He led to Chelsea 's downfall at Selhurst Park on 30 January 1926 in the cup-tie which set up our attendance record of 41,000 and stood for nearly 40 years , and he took part in the 7–0 annihilation of Luton Town in a replay on 16 January 1929 in what was Palace 's equal best-ever Cup win . |
| 45 | It is difficult not to notice that the ‘ bundle of sticks ’ is reminiscent of the Roman fasces , the bundle of rods with a protruding axe-head , carried before Roman consuls as a sign of the state authority of Rome , and adopted by Mussolini as a symbol of the movement he led to power in 1922 , whence the word ‘ fascist ’ . |
| 46 | Twelve-year-old Tim was the first patient on the £500,000 scanner as he clung to life after suffering horrific head injuries in the Warrington bombing outrage . |
| 47 | How firmly he clung to doctrine , and much he feared certain dangers … |
| 48 | Comfort gave Jackson French her address and told him to be sure to call her when he got to London . |
| 49 | Twice , he got to Nicosia and could hardly respond to the ardour he found in Primaflora . |
| 50 | Until he got to Africa |
| 51 | ‘ Oh , yes , he got to Istanbul , all right . |
| 52 | Most of the criticism has been pretty tame , though one dissident , Colonel Bui Tinh , a revolutionary hero , waited until he got to Paris to say he believed the draft documents were ‘ totally out of contact with reality ’ . |
| 53 | When he got to Gionesca , he screamed in disgust . |
| 54 | When he got to Kafka 's desk , he spoke . |
| 55 | When he got to Bec , Anselm at once spotted his quality , and he was soon sending back to Lanfranc a glowing account of Osbern 's progress : he was ‘ growing daily in knowledge and serenity ’ ; and the friendship between him and Anselm had become so close that they could not be separated without tearing their two souls apart . |
| 56 | A sort of thing , before he got to Colchester he did a lot of work in his quarters , he had about four daughters . |
| 57 | When he got to Stuttgart , he was to make the bare tables and bleak walls of the theatre canteen seem homely . |
| 58 | He got to No 10 because he had 18 months earlier forced Neville Chamberlain to readmit him to the Cabinet . |
| 59 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 60 | And he was likely in poor shape by the time he got to Norway . |