Example sentences of "he failed [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On September 17 he failed to return from the ‘ gallant and historical ’ night attack on Cherbourg . |
| 2 | Suddenly it occurred to Alexei that in the event that he failed to return from the embassy the question of solemnising the marriage would not arise , and he wondered again how far he could trust Burun . |
| 3 | Suddenly , at the Central Committee meeting in November , he failed to respond to the criticisms levelled at his ministry for failure to meet plan targets in the standard manner , neither would he take the blame for the strike at Motru . |
| 4 | He failed to allow for the fact that Lucasta Redburn could not bear to throw away anything that might one day come in useful . |
| 5 | After a lengthy loan spell at Leeds in which he failed to break into the first team , he signed for Shrewsbury in 1986 for £25,000 . |