Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] him to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
| 2 | My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues . |
| 3 | Love will have raised him to a place far above human strife . |
| 4 | As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross . |
| 5 | He puts the case for Xanthippe ( aka Mrs Socrates ) , whose husband 's ‘ homosexual leanings , his absent-minded behaviour , his idleness and his love of proving everyone wrong would have endeared him to no wife of mettle . ’ |
| 6 | As he was mental , I mean would you have taken him to a hospital or the station ? |