Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [vb pp] him to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents had sent him to Oslo immediately after Hitler 's annexation of Austria , when he was only nine . |
| 2 | Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker . |
| 3 | In Galway itself , the scenes and actions of the past few years had brought him to early maturity as a willing recruit for the politics of the street fight . |
| 4 | The torturers had chained him to a wall , applying searing hot pokers to the softest and most tender parts of his body . |
| 5 | His actions had caused him to be one of the most reviled prisoners among the white community , and the government had hitherto refused to recognize him as a political prisoner . |
| 6 | Like many other colonials , the often devastating effects of the climate on local agriculture , and the inordinate expenses of living far from commercial centres had reduced him to impoverishment , but he was also finding little recompense from the government . |
| 7 | My father felt that his lack of poise and connections had led him to being passed over in favor of people of less ability but more social graces . |
| 8 | Kitson was a prolific inventor whose own difficulties in financing and manufacturing his patents had led him to a radical critique of the banking system . |
| 9 | The unions had driven him to infidelity . |
| 10 | His struggles had brought him to within reach of Chalon 's powerful hindquarters , and Isabel did n't hesitate . |