Example sentences of "[to-vb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having advised restraint by the Labour Party , I was angered , and indeed horrified , by the announcement that the government had asked Lord Denning to conduct his now infamous one-man inquiry into the matter , with terms of reference so loose that he regarded himself as charged to examine everyone 's activities through a microscope and to denounce anyone where there was a whisper of suspected immorality , let alone convincing proof . |
| 2 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |
| 3 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 4 | I valued his judgement highly , and look back with pleasure to the several visits I made to him-and his equally delightful wife Elizabeth at their cottage in Cambridge where he was a fellow of Churchill College . |
| 5 | John Wisson was driving through Milton Keynes with his wife and an auntie to see his newly born grandson . |
| 6 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
| 7 | I asked myself that question on many occasions and wondered how I was supposed to refresh his and other people 's memories without risking the accusation of going on about it all the time . |
| 8 | Sensory measurements in particular , complemented where relevant by instrumental analysis of the components of the odorant , could assist the complainant by providing valuable objective evidence to bolster his and other witnesses testimonies which are necessarily subjective . |
| 9 | Still less did he wish to disrupt his carefully crafted relationship without the mullahs in Morocco . |
| 10 | Bomber Command also organised from the " petrified Forest " the operational training units through non-operational Groups , and it was very important after Harris 's one-off when he stopped training to mount his 1,000-Plan , that some of the more senior and very experienced training instructors remained operational ; . |
| 11 | To support his ever growing family , he opened a studio in Buckingham Palace Rd . |
| 12 | Corvan seems to draw on the ‘ traditional ’ associations — the feelings of continuity — clustered around the Scottish tune , ‘ Na Good Luck about the House ’ , to support his nostalgically cast complaint . |
| 13 | His recall of the Parlement of Paris within a few months of his accession , his failure to support his radically reforming Controller-General Turgot ( 1774–76 ) , showed that he was no more able than his grandfather to withstand the opposition of the privileged groups . |
| 14 | The next thing , they 'll be telling Mushtaq Ahmed not to bowl his googly as that 's not fair either ! |
| 15 | She stood at the bottom of the bed and reached out her hands to catch his and pull them forward . |
| 16 | For some undisclosed reason the Massachusetts owner had decided to dismantle his richly ornamented acres and sell the lot for the best price he could obtain . |
| 17 | Over the years Gambo became quite famous , and found himself dragged from battle to battle and expected to launch his now famous Halfling hot pot into the enemy ranks . |
| 18 | Ah but he 's never one to neglect his . |
| 19 | Doyle had his cap off and noticed that the new missus half put out her hand to shake his , not knowing what to do . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's been very nice to meet you , Mr Burns — Adam , ’ she said , about to hold out her hand to shake his in farewell , but changing her mind midway . |
| 21 | Implicit in Pecham 's letter of 1281 which outlined his hierocratic principles was the paternalist view that the church 's task was to affirm and support the king to meet his divinely imposed responsibilities to the Christian commonweal , the realm . |
| 22 | But occasionally , when her guard slipped and she allowed her eyes to meet his , she saw in his gaze the mingled hostility and desire which reflected all too accurately her own conflicting emotions |
| 23 | She raised her eyes to meet his . |
| 24 | Remembering what he had taught her , she commanded her eyes to meet his yet again before replacing her glass on the table . |
| 25 | Her eyes flew up to meet his in a panic until she screwed up sufficient courage to put her fear into words . |
| 26 | Once more her eyes flew to meet his , but this time there was a shy pleasure in their brown depths until again a shadow darkened them . |
| 27 | She turned to allow her eyes to meet his , and , at their expression , he swore deeply . |
| 28 | Her eyes had flown to meet his , then dropped at his sarcastic comment as her cheeks became stained with an ugly red . |
| 29 | No , ’ he continued , when Robyn 's eyes refused to meet his , ‘ I thought not . |
| 30 | Her eyes came back to meet his , and a tentative smile glimmered on her lips . |