Example sentences of "[vb past] he to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt nothing as the angel bore him to the grave below , no pain as the solid granite drove shattered ribs deep into his lungs . |
| 2 | Sarah went on to ask Gedge to dedicate ‘ Shatner ’ to her while risque Katy invited him to the Plaza after the concert ! |
| 3 | When I rang Robert Service and invited him to the hotel for a drink he accepted gladly and wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds . |
| 4 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 5 | She never invited him to the jolly ones . |
| 6 | Yanto Gates broke through the blackthorn hedge which separated the Severn bank from the adjacent Berkeley to Gloucester canal towpath , and surveyed the scene before him He loved this river , but tonight , bathed in this unusually bright moonlight , it moved him to the point of goose pimples . |
| 7 | Simultaneously the influence of A. W. N. Pugin [ q.v. ] drew him to the Catholic Church , into which he was received in 1846 . |
| 8 | A family connection with the lord chancellor , John , Baron Somers [ q.v. ] , drew him to the Whig side in politics , but he was no slavish follower of a party . |
| 9 | Maisie snorted and , following the sound of his voice , traced him to the wooden bench . |
| 10 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
| 11 | Both Leeds and Bury were angry at some of the referee 's decisions in the game , and reported him to the League for ‘ indifferent refereeing ’ . |
| 12 | Next morning she went and reported him to the foreman , who sent for Jim and asked ‘ What 's this woman on about ? ’ . |
| 13 | Hillier , who 's since served a jail sentence himself in connection with the fiddle , reported him to the police . |
| 14 | Incredibly , fourteen months later , in 1981 , his ego goaded him to the Bahamas and another fight , the fat jellied on his middle , his hand-speed sighing and wheezing like a busted old fan ; tropic rot on the trade winds . |
| 15 | In the early hours of Thursday morning , the murderer skewered him to the wooden floor of a refreshment hut . |
| 16 | Embedded in the wood , it momentarily skewered him to the window-frame . |
| 17 | She pursued him to the porter 's desk . |
| 18 | Runner jumped violently as Joe slapped him on his shoulder , but moved passively as the landlord helped him to the door . |
| 19 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 20 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 21 | Hell , I beat him to the handshake and it 's on camera . ’ |
| 22 | His Italian blood attracted him to the most powerful Latins in America , and nobody who knew about his Mafioso connections messed with him . |
| 23 | ‘ Against us , Wales played him to the hilt , but then again the Scots themselves have never been slow to play to the referee , ’ states Best who is in Scotland for coaching sessions with five schools ( Madras , Morrison 's , Watson 's , Berwickshire High and Glasgow High ) and Edinburgh University last night , all arranged by his firm , Rugby Travel . |
| 24 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 25 | Mann said it could be done and Denega drove him to the chapel to see ‘ if the small cracks in the facade could be enlarged ’ . |
| 26 | Every morning I drove him to the hospital , waited for his X-ray treatment , drove him home again and helped him to bed . |
| 27 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 28 | The President drove him to the station . ’ |
| 29 | His fear of death — the punishment for murder — drove him to the hiding-place of Jekyll 's body . |
| 30 | In the dawn grey with sea mist she drove him to the airport . |