Example sentences of "him [adv] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ I just needed to see you ! ’ she said with a brittle smile , walking past him on to the hot beach , feeling the tears burn her eyes . |
| 3 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 4 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 5 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 6 | But had n't he thought that Spiderglass would save him somehow , plug him in to the endless dance of electrons ? |
| 7 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
| 8 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
| 9 | ‘ Okay , ’ she walked with him down to the first landing . |
| 10 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 11 | There were hundreds of screaming women outside and we had to whisk him down to the underground car park and shut the gates behind him . |
| 12 | He climbed down from the litter and the Assyrian conducted him not to the little courtyard but through the house to an upper room , whose high windows faced north to catch the wind . |
| 13 | ‘ It was supposed to be in my hair , ’ she told him as she followed him through to the spacious kitchen , deciding honesty was the best policy in the circumstances . |
| 14 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 15 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 16 | Surely the man had enough sense to take him over to the other corner , where aged Chevrolets lay wearily beside battered Valiants , motorbikes and scooters . |
| 17 | He carried him over to the great oak chair and stood him on it . |
| 18 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 19 | Burney took him over to the grey slab in the middle of the room . |
| 20 | No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’ |
| 21 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail . |
| 23 | Subsequently , he was often seen scratching at his groin on the set , and , guessing the nature of his problem , director Nicholas Ray marched him off to the nearest chemist for a healthy dose of crabocide . |
| 24 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
| 25 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
| 26 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
| 27 | Cris tried to help , of course , but as soon as the ambulances came they sent him off to the local hospital , and that 's where he is now . |
| 28 | They struggled up the steps , through the entrance hall , rested in the main hall , then took him up to the first floor . |
| 29 | To bring him up to the required standard he had to go to a boarding preparatory school , which he loathed so much he escaped over the wall and hitchhiked home . |
| 30 | Erlich heard his instructions to the lady who had brought him up to the third floor . |