Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the very year when , after taking British citizenship and joining the Church of England , he wrote the famous ‘ Preface ’ to For Lancelot Andrewes ( dedicated to Eliot 's mother ) , Eliot was recalling his own childhood in his introductory remarks to This American World , and his days at Fishermen 's Corner in Gloucester . |
| 2 | Experts consider his finest achievement to be the West Pier , with its elegant cast-iron kiosks , railings , and windscreens . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , over at Mount Edgecombe , the most favoured guess as the site of invasion , the Earl reluctantly gave permission for one hundred of his finest oaks to be felled as they could have given cover to invading forces . |
| 4 | The fundamentally cautious Mehemet Ali decided to withdraw from Asia Minor and content himself with Syria , but Nicholas realized that , to prevent a recurrence of the crisis , he had to find a way of institutionalizing his short-term assistance to the Ottomans . |
| 5 | Prior Robert , still stonily silent and shocked out of his normal studied dignity , led away his shattered clerk to the second of the two penitentiary cells ; and it was the first time , as far as Cadfael could recall , that the two had ever been occupied at the same time . |
| 6 | He raised his trembling hand to his forehead and felt the dampness of sweat against his skin . |
| 7 | In his first televised address since the end of the Gulf War , French President Mitterrand on March 3 issued his clearest call to date for an independent Palestinian state . |
| 8 | GARY CLAIL releases his long-awaited follow-up to last year 's ‘ Beef ’ 45 with a new Perfecto single , entitled ‘ Human Nature ’ , out on March 18 . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , MEATLOAF is coming to the King 's Hall on December to play tracks from his long-awaited sequel to the blockbuster ‘ Bat Out Of Hell ’ album . |
| 10 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 11 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 12 | He then resumed his rapt attention to Angelina , thus leaving Gwendolen with no option but to try to think of something interesting to say to Oliver Michaels and Samuel Pipkin . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I thank you , ’ he managed to say offhandedly before once again addressing his rapt attention to Angelina , albeit somewhat shaken from his confident suavity . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've played in pictures like The Gauntlet where the woman is the smarter of the two people , it just depends on the project , ’ he says in his sole reference to 43-year-old Sondra , who co-starred in six films with him . |
| 15 | Tom had recently been referred by his mainstream school to the psychological Service for assessment under the 1981 Act because teachers felt they should receive additional support for Tom 's periods in mainstream school . |
| 16 | Ruth gazed past him , over his right shoulder to the yacht with its two beautiful people laughing and sipping champagne together on the upper deck . |
| 17 | He had a peculiar way of dismounting — instead of putting his right leg over the saddle in the usual fashion , he used to put his left leg on a step protruding from the rear spindle , stand on this and gently place his right leg to the ground . |
| 18 | He offered his right leg to the woodchuck . |
| 19 | Sam raises his right leg to the height of the lock , kicks straight forward , blam , and the stuff bursts open and he 's in the room , sideways , holding his gun out rigid , reducing the target area . |
| 20 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 21 | In the event , Paris was saved because Galliéni recognized that the moment had come to strike at the Germans when Kluck , wheeling northeast of the city , exposed his right flank to the Sixth Army . |
| 22 | ‘ Ginger hair , tanned face and that scar , stretching from his right eye to his mouth . |
| 23 | He applied his right eye to the hole and blinked once or twice to accustom himself to the darkness . |
| 24 | The first time the music stops every man gives his right shoe to his partner . |
| 25 | At the foot of the stairs , Father Poole paused and transferred his stick from his right hand to his left . |
| 26 | The attacker throws a right front kick 1 : the defender sidesteps and jumps forward , punching with his right hand to the body and preparing to grab the kick . |
| 27 | He touched his right hand to his forehead , lips and chest , and without a word presented a note to Huy , from Taheb , asking him to come to her immediately . |
| 28 | Shakespeare was , in fact , a retired pirate , who , after losing his right hand to a round of chain-shot on the Spanish Main , gave up the life of brigandry on the high seas and took up writing as a hobby to pass the time . |
| 29 | his right arm to be as hot in the saddle |
| 30 | But reruns around the world are set to net him £49 million for the two years ending this December , taking his total fortune to around £150 million . |