Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] him [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of a man compelled to search for a pure virgin , read one evening while his mother was mending stockings , left him ‘ haunted by spectres ’ whenever he was in the dark ; other stories drew him out to the churchyard , where , with his imagination overflowing , he would race up and down through the great avenue of elm trees , and act out among the docks , nettles and rank grass whatever he had been reading . |
| 2 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 3 | A sudden crash of cymbals pulled him back to the present . |
| 4 | Doyle jerked at Tug 's arms to bring him round to the table . |
| 5 | With a considerable effort the men got him on to the stretcher , and Redpath noticed that his trouser pockets seemed to be bulging rather curiously . |
| 6 | Now at the end of his life the Danes send him back to the sea in an unmanned funeral barge laden with treasure . |
| 7 | With the help of several Frenchmen he eventually reached Spain , but this neutral country 's police handed him back to the Gestapo . |
| 8 | When the best man cleared his throat and announced that he was going to fix the puncture he had before leaving , all Moran 's children followed him out to the road and stood around as he got levers and patches and solution . |