Example sentences of "have [verb] he to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level . |
| 2 | SUN man Paul Welford has reported him to the police , and Flashman said : ‘ If people want to do that , then fair enough . |
| 3 | His belief in independence for Scotland has drawn him to the heart of the Scottish National Party . |
| 4 | But though the jungle morass has gripped him to the knees |
| 5 | But his choice of verse form has condemned him to the weakness which mars all attempts to match the Horatian strophe with the English quatrain — the weakness of expansion . |
| 6 | His crime has brought him to the extremity which Marmeladov was telling him about and tasting at the bottom of his own vodka jug in the opening pages of the novel . |
| 7 | So what has brought the best known boxer on the unofficial circuit , the best known bouncer in town , the man who has inspired film scripts and tall tales in the snooker halls , once one of the six people in Britain said to be able to bench-press 500 pounds , what has brought him to the dock in front of Judge Richard Lowry and to the possibility of spending the rest of his life locked up with robbers and rapists ? |
| 8 | Stephen Thomas says the ordeal has driven him to the brink of suicide . |
| 9 | That she 'd introduced him to the Fletchers to keep him there … well , she deserved it . |
| 10 | In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions . |
| 11 | My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 14 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 15 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 16 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 17 | Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him . |
| 18 | Having edged him to the end of the branch , he utters a shattering ‘ bock ’ in his ear and the rival falls off . |
| 19 | Cissie was the first to recover , and there was no doubt she would have chased him to the ends of Kingdom Come if Beth had n't thrust out an arm to stop her . |
| 20 | What 's worse , it seems to have blinded him to the facts of Liverpool history . |
| 21 | The weight in his heart seemed to have tethered him to the pavement , and he had to force himself to turn away , and some seconds after she had disappeared through the doorway . |
| 22 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 23 | 780 Ealdhun also gave lands which Ecgberht had given him to the familia of Christ Church ( CS 293 : S 155 ; cf. , CS 319 , 320 : S 1259 and CS 332 : S 1264 ) . |
| 24 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 25 | Man of the match Smith admitted he would not have been surprised if Hick had pipped him to the award . |
| 26 | Anyone who became Nawab expected to be rich , and took it for granted that he should reward those who had helped him to the throne . |
| 27 | I 've invited him to the rectory for dinner . |
| 28 | For that evening , as work finished , the Zoo Curator himself had summoned him to the building near the Cages where they did a lot of the scientific and veterinary work on the birds . |
| 29 | True , extreme poverty and hardship had driven him to the point when suicide must have seemed preferable to the life he was leading . |
| 30 | The slow sexual friction had brought him to the verge of orgasm . |