Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] him to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 3 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 4 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 5 | He used a silver-topped cane to assist him to the dining-room . |
| 6 | By 1905 he had moved to St Petersburg where his growing reputation as a miraculous healer brought him to the attention of the Czar and Czarina . |
| 7 | Malik 's brilliant form took him to the top of the table for the tour with a total of 1,184 runs . |
| 8 | His Italian blood attracted him to the most powerful Latins in America , and nobody who knew about his Mafioso connections messed with him . |
| 9 | Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire . |
| 10 | Alistair Campbell , prosecuting , said : ‘ Mr Friel shouted : ‘ Do n't come near me , ’ but the youths kept coming and the 15-year-old boy knocked him to the ground . ’ |
| 11 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |
| 12 | Agnew made his mark in midfield at Barnsley where his ability to produce a telling pass brought him to the notice of Blackburn , who shelled out 750,000 for the Shipley-born player . |
| 13 | Unsurprisingly , Socks was fine until his owner 's presidential victory exposed him to the unwelcome attention of the world 's media and turned his little world upside down . |
| 14 | Hopes are high Tonight he meets Keith Knox of Bonnyrigg , whose big hitting took him to the Scottish title . |
| 15 | As the frost descends , and in its ‘ secret ministry ’ of transformation makes icicles along the dripping eaves , Coleridge 's meditative mind carries him to the scenes of his childhood , and imagines for Hartley a future , not in the ‘ great city ’ , but ‘ beneath the crags/Of ancient mountain , and beneath the clouds ’ . |
| 16 | Such information as the reconnaissance gleaned convinced Conrad that there was inadequate Russian strength to resist him to the north . |
| 17 | In January 1866 , his young mother entrusted him to the hospital of Sta . |
| 18 | He had covered half the distance when a loud , commanding voice rooted him to the spot . |