Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 3 | Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was . |
| 4 | Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there . |
| 5 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 6 | When Nigel was at home , Gina usually made him take them to the Launderette in a black dust bag . |
| 7 | She would n't let him take her to the Aber House Hotel . |
| 8 | It was so unusual for him to contribute anything to the conversation that Paula glanced at him in surprise . |
| 9 | He 's a nice boy , ’ she said tolerantly , and a shade absurdly in view of the fact that she was perhaps two years his senior , ‘ but somehow I do n't see him making it to the top . |
| 10 | During the course of the market process the competitive efforts of a particular producer-entrepreneur may lead him to offer something to the market which no one else is currently producing . |
| 11 | Eventually I interrupted the diatribe to point out that I was paying him to take me to the newspaper , not for his opinions about it . |
| 12 | Their findings disturbed the High Loremaster sufficiently for him to take them to the Phoenix King . |
| 13 | They were still close enough to shore for him to return her to the police if she admitted she was not an experienced ocean sailor . |
| 14 | I think there was a driving need in him to push himself to the limits , and there was a purity in the desert and in the Arabs as a race which appealed to him . ’ |
| 15 | If the Hon. Gentleman has suggestions , I advise him to bring them to the attention of the Accommodation and Administration Sub-Committee . |
| 16 | The presbytery having dealt with him to bring him to the conviction of the evil of the said practice did appoint him to be publickly rebuked two several Lord 's days in the Kirk of Kilarrow and Kilmeny . |
| 17 | The presbytery having dealt with him to bring him to the conviction of the evil of the said practice did appoint him to be publickly rebuked two several Lord 's days in the Kirk of Kilarrow and Kilmeny . |
| 18 | He spurred forward to Moray 's side , urging him to bring him to the Regent , earls or none . |
| 19 | From a sitting position he rubbed and thumped the leg until it responded sufficiently for him to drag himself to the bathroom . |
| 20 | She did n't want him following her to the bedroom . |
| 21 | Neville 's determination paid off : he made it to the top , raising £55,000 on the way . |
| 22 | She knew how Sisyphus must have felt , rolling that stone wearily up the hill , only to see it slide back down again as he made it to the top . |
| 23 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 24 | ‘ He made it to the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth . ’ |
| 25 | Walking to the far end of the cells passage , he lowered himself to the floor until he was sitting with his back to the wall facing the door with its broken lock hanging askew . |
| 26 | When the crackle of the flames , the creak of the floorboard , and the weight of their bodies returned , he lowered her to the carpet before the fire and sat himself beside her , leaning so that his face was only inches above hers . |
| 27 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 28 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 29 | Angry Brian Reatus , 44 , allegedly foamed at the mouth as he pinned him to the wall . |
| 30 | Mr Woodcock , 47 , of Holgate , York , grabbed the weapon with one hand and it went off , blasting a wall with pellets , but he hung on , dragging the raider into the car park outside the restaurant , where he pinned him to the ground until armed police arrived . |