Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Release me and restore me to the ground ; |
| 2 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |
| 3 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |
| 4 | A corollary of this is that such industries are far from simple to understand and hence they demand experts both to run them and to explain them to the general public , e.g. microelectronics , nuclear stations , oil refineries , etc . |
| 5 | It was suggested that some existing pensioners , who may not have drawn the sum due to them on leaving the Bank , could now claim the sum due to them and donate it to the Fund . |
| 6 | Thomas Buchanan had to hit them and push them to the top of the rock . |
| 7 | The best way to deal with them is to unbalance them , trip them and throw them to the ground . |
| 8 | Ledwith and Crothers were described as window cleaners , and it was alleged that while one of them was inside a telephone box and the other was outside , P. C.s Roberts and Pearce arrested them and took them to the Bridewell . |
| 9 | ‘ The chief cipher clerk , Walter Peckle , decodes them and hands them to the ambassador . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd like people to bring in their cans from home , crush them and add them to the on-site collection . |
| 11 | In England , until the sixteenth century , it was unremarkable to speak of visitations from incubi and succubi — evil spirits ( male and female , respectively ) which were thought to descend on sleepers , seducing them and perverting them to the ways of the devil . |
| 12 | The rumour was , they stripped you and took you to the adventure zone . |
| 13 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 14 | The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground — but he curled up into a ball to save himself as punches and kicks rained down . |
| 15 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 16 | Dad was told how naughty James had been and then shouted at him and sent him to the bedroom . |
| 17 | He took out the photograph which he always carried with him and compared it to the woman he had just seen . |
| 18 | The robot put Buff to sleep , then put the spacesuit on him and carried him to the spaceship . |
| 19 | Sure enough , someone met him and took him to the adjutant of No . |
| 20 | He made coffee , then found the piece of paper Roxborough had given him and took it to the phone . |
| 21 | He struggled even more when four men pounced upon him and pinned him to the ground , but his frantic movements were more an attempt to breathe than to escape . |
| 22 | The lion immediately jumps on him and forces him to the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ Does yer mother know yer out ? ’ shouted one of the lads and then all at once they charged at him and manhandled him to the ground . |
| 24 | ‘ I went to the front of the house and saw the dogs catch up with him and knock him to the ground . |
| 25 | Granny plucked her and stuffed her and basted her and served her to the table , golden and gleaming . |
| 26 | Her lungs were racked with fever and the doctor took one look at her and sent her to the isolation hospital . |
| 27 | While she is occupied in examining the gift , he quickly scuttles over her and ties her to the ground with bonds of silk before he risks an embrace . |
| 28 | He put the tray down , lifted her and carried her to the WC on the landing . |
| 29 | Melissa took the tray from her and carried it to the buffet , while Juliette covered her face with a towel . |
| 30 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |