Example sentences of "[verb] him to his [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Jones , as everyone would have expected , welcomed his vanquished opponent on board with great courtesy , and invited him to his own wrecked cabin for a glass of wine . ) |
2 | Electing to leave him to his own devices , I wave through the windscreen but he is still fumbling through his camera bag and does n't say goodbye . |
3 | But now , as in all good rehabilitated hellraiser stories , the only coke he touches comes from a bottle and he has a wife , Becky , who has helped him overcome the demon drink and restored him to his former hunky self . |
4 | However , when a one-time tenant called to say his possessions had been seized to pay his debts , Sheridan gave him the £300 which the man said would restore him to his former state . |
5 | It was rumoured that Pott would not allow the bearers to take him to his own hospital , St. Bartholomew 's , believing he would fare better elsewhere . |
6 | Quiet and modest in manner , speaking with an occasional stutter , his initiative , absolute reliability and willingness to help in the humblest duties endeared him to his many friends , not only in the literary world . |
7 | When 13 , Mackenzie was sent to be educated at a hearing school where the teachers did not know what to do with him , and left him to his own devices a lot of the time . |
8 | On private land , the State made the pomeshchik responsible for the collection of taxes from his serfs and then left him to his own devices . |