Example sentences of "[verb] him to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then bundle up your husband and boyfriend and send him to the woman whose name appears at the top of the list , you will receive 16,337 men — and one of them is bound to be a hell of a lot better than the one you already have . |
| 2 | If necessary , take him shopping with you , or better still , send him to the supermarket alone so that he realises the cost of basic necessities . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sarah went on to ask Gedge to dedicate ‘ Shatner ’ to her while risque Katy invited him to the Plaza after the concert ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 7 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 10 | SUN man Paul Welford has reported him to the police , and Flashman said : ‘ If people want to do that , then fair enough . |
| 11 | Firstly , the approach can be used to direct his or her attention to those customers or prospective customers requiring further investigation regarding their ability to pay , and importantly can alert him to the need to alter the terms of trade or pricing to manage the level of risk and set appropriate credit limits . |
| 12 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
| 13 | Hillier , who 's since served a jail sentence himself in connection with the fiddle , reported him to the police . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Next morning she went and reported him to the foreman , who sent for Jim and asked ‘ What 's this woman on about ? ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I went to the front of the house and saw the dogs catch up with him and knock him to the ground . |
| 18 | But he might not always meet her calling or her waiting , for men , too , were bidding him to the sound of axe and plough and sword . ’ |
| 19 | Embedded in the wood , it momentarily skewered him to the window-frame . |
| 20 | I dived towards the scarlet streaks and touched him at once , but there was no movement in him , and when I tried to pull him to the surface , I could n't . |
| 21 | He 's only groggy , not out , but you 're able to secure him to the bed with the other set of handcuffs and the leather straps from the same drawer the hood came from . |
| 22 | She pursued him to the porter 's desk . |
| 23 | PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level . |
| 24 | Italian club Torino tried to tempt him to the land of loads of lira , but Nigel 's mother put the block on that move . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Runner jumped violently as Joe slapped him on his shoulder , but moved passively as the landlord helped him to the door . |
| 27 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 28 | Hell , I beat him to the handshake and it 's on camera . ’ |
| 29 | He obtained the second by pretending to trip over an unseen obstacle , which inadvertently threw him against the foreman , knocking him to the ground and depositing his daily schedule papers all over the floor . |
| 30 | Hoc 's puny shoulders and bowed head reminded the furious Corsican suddenly of his own helplessness in the face of the unreasoning demands from Paris , and without warning he struck out at Hoc with his free hand , knocking him to the ground . |