Example sentences of "[pron] to him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great novelist , here writing as a criminologist , was evidently seeking to describe a social accompaniment of the transition to a capitalist mode of production , which to him as a magistrate was most evident as a problem of order . |
| 2 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 3 | She was offering herself to him on a silver platter , no strings attached , and she would simply cope with the agony of their parting when the time came . |
| 4 | He was in the restaurant kitchen late one night before closing up , knocking back the remains of four glasses of liqueur from a dirty table , when his head suddenly cleared and he heard some lines from the past in a devastating playback in his head : ‘ You 're better off without me ’ — Bella 's voice , coolly justifying herself to him on the telephone . |
| 5 | It had meant nothing to him at the time , but now … |
| 6 | When Pc Black had found him in the toilets he said he had temporarily removed his glasses to wipe them , and that a friend who was there had brought them to him at the police station . |
| 7 | It was sent by a sad Manc git using my Id cos he 's too scared to use his own — if anyone wishes to reply to his infantile shite they can send them to him at the following address … |
| 8 | It had to be an art that did not separate him from the uncultured poor but was founded in them , gathering them to him in a home of art they could all share , a home that sheltered and consoled ; a warm place . |
| 9 | ‘ Whatever you say , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she murmured huskily , and he pulled her to him for a last long kiss that left her breathless and trembling . |
| 10 | God will call her to Him on the Day of judgment , asking ‘ Where is the daughter who had pity on her earthly father , the filthy drunkard , and was undismayed by his beastliness ? ’ |
| 11 | Then her wish was granted as his head blotted out the sun , and Robbie emitted a little ecstatic noise as the space between them melted away entirely and they lay body pressed to body , mouth to mouth , his hands moulding her to him with a sudden , startling ferocity . |
| 12 | As the script for the seduction scene ran , ‘ She withered in his arms as he crushed her to him in a sudden excess of passion . |
| 13 | She swallowed hard , conscious of his angry face so close to her own , his hands clamping her to him in a vice-like grip . |
| 14 | For an instant he caught her to him in a swift hard embrace and she knew that his desire was not one whit diminished . |
| 15 | Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . |
| 16 | Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ? |
| 17 | He put an arm round her and hugged her to him in the familiar , easy fashion she was used to . |
| 18 | It was those very firebrand qualities of ruthless daring , initiative and enterprise which had drawn her to him in the first place . |
| 19 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 20 | He was using her to advance himself somehow , for the sake of his family , and he intended to bind her to him before the party , so that he could demand her total loyalty . |
| 21 | The General , perhaps to make his point , informed Aitken of the authoritative report that the government had received and offered to lend it to him for a short while . |
| 22 | Dickie does not believe in clover , or mowers , and he would not recognize ‘ Chewing 's Fescue ’ if you served it to him on a bed of rice . |
| 23 | He got her address from his editor , who handed it to him with a nudge and a wink . |
| 24 | We designed the back page of our Assembly report for Machel to read ; and Gabellah sent it to him with a strongly worded letter . |
| 25 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 26 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
| 27 | ‘ Sulaiman put his case as to why we should fight Tucker first , and I put mine to him about a voluntary defence , and he replied that if that was Lennox 's wish , the WBC would do all in their power to grant it . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord . |
| 29 | I made him take me by giving myself to him like a slave . |
| 30 | They had n't said anything to him at the depot ; they had n't told him anything about not getting unemployment money . |