Example sentences of "he was [verb] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was feeding them to the tigers ! ! ’ |
| 2 | In 1964 Mr Wilson presented himself as a radical figure , but by 1974 he was comparing himself to a family doctor , and hoped , in his own words , ‘ to achieve … peace and quiet for the country ’ . |
| 3 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 4 | He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there . |
| 5 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 6 | Soon he was showing them to the leading head-hunters in employment agencies . |
| 7 | It was odd , but Greg noticed Bill Clough 's eyes following them sharply : he was saying nothing to the purpose so there was no reason why he should n't watch them , but Greg , following his lead , did wonder whether Hilary 's mutterings were not of a rather different kind from Desmond 's . |
| 8 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |