Example sentences of "[verb] him to his [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
| 2 | Highly theatrical in its use of gesture to suggest woman 's power over man to reduce him to his baser instincts , ( evidence of which is found in the entwined figures on the base ) it also refers to the dream-state . |
| 3 | Whereupon , one of the assembled journalists — and it did not exactly endear him to his photographic colleagues — started to ask Keenan about the famous remark he made after his release — the one about drinking all the Guinness in Ireland and making love to all the women in Ireland . |
| 4 | His comments will certainly endear him to his hon. Friends . |
| 5 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
| 6 | When 13 , Mackenzie was sent to be educated at a hearing school where the teachers did not know what to do with him , and left him to his own devices a lot of the time . |
| 7 | On private land , the State made the pomeshchik responsible for the collection of taxes from his serfs and then left him to his own devices . |