Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] him to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions . |
| 2 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
| 5 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 6 | He puts the case for Xanthippe ( aka Mrs Socrates ) , whose husband 's ‘ homosexual leanings , his absent-minded behaviour , his idleness and his love of proving everyone wrong would have endeared him to no wife of mettle . ’ |
| 7 | He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests . |