Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After fulling , the cloth was well rinsed and , now reduced from 35″ to 27″ in width , was taken to the tenter ground to be stretched to shape by fastening hooks in the selvedge and attaching them to the tenter frames . |
| 2 | She whimpers as I twist a little harder and drag her to the cloakroom , to keep out of Merchant 's way . |
| 3 | She heard a muttered curse , she saw a shadow across the french window at the end of the room , she felt someone catch her round the waist and drag her to the ground . |
| 4 | First , take the legs and heave them up and over ; then grab the body by the arms or legs and drag it to the edge … no , that would n't be practicable , that way the killer would be moving backwards and be the first to fall . |
| 5 | The BTEC HND courses consistently and successfully attract students of a more practical than academic inclination , and develop them to the stage where their natural pragmatic talents have been enhanced with a rigorous regime of integrated business skills . |
| 6 | Right across the village , men and women stooped over , black forms against a world of white , shovelling great heaps of snow and tumbling them to the ground in frothy white cascades . |
| 7 | He smiled at her , took her arm and led her to the window . |
| 8 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 9 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 10 | He gestured towards the table with an amiable smile and led them to the gate . |
| 11 | The count simply abandoned the small , expensive aircraft and led them to the car . |
| 12 | When Edward suggested ablutions first he grinned engagingly and led him to the bar . |
| 13 | And she took his hand and led him to the bed . |
| 14 | And it was not until Mrs Thackray 's tall , craggy fair-haired son had shouldered his luggage and led him to the top of St Jude 's Street that he had realized his peril . |
| 15 | He had a semi-hard-on the whole time he was bathing her , and without warning she grabbed him by it , and led him to the bath . |
| 16 | Tommy took him by the arm and led him to the chair . |
| 17 | ‘ Victor 's story is that she was willing , she undressed and led him to the bedroom . |
| 18 | Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace . |
| 19 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 20 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 21 | Then when he 'd softened him up he would take him up to the sale and introduce him to the dealer he was touting for — on commission , of course . |
| 22 | go and take them to France and sell them to the French |
| 23 | Pop down to the beach and sell it to the pedlar ? ’ |
| 24 | Clinton ordered agencies with facilities that release toxic pollutants , including military bases and research laboratories , to develop a plan to reduce their output by half by 1999 , and to report them to the public as private companies are now required to do . |
| 25 | Some County Councils , notably West Sussex , already operate successful schemes of composting waste and reselling it to the public and surely Hertfordshire could do the same . |
| 26 | In the different sense of the priest ‘ representing ’ the people to God in worship the role is more that of an intermediary or go-between — a role more akin to that of a Member of Parliament who understands the needs of his constituents and represents them to the Government in Parliament . |
| 27 | PCs Thomas McGrath , 45 , and John Milliken , 54 , chased their victim into an alleyway and battered him to the ground . |
| 28 | She had ten minutes to get out of this jam , park and make it to the office . |
| 29 | This shows that only by allowing the authority 's judgment to pre-empt mine altogether will I succeed in improving my performance and bringing it to the level of the authority . |
| 30 | We should be spending a great deal of our time making children into heroes , identifying good work , putting good examples of work on display and bringing it to the attention of others . |