Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] he to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 2 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 3 | Andrew Chubb , prosecuting , claimed Blissett elbowed Uzzell after the defender beat him to the ball and headed it away . |
| 4 | The President drove him to the station . ’ |
| 5 | His Italian blood attracted him to the most powerful Latins in America , and nobody who knew about his Mafioso connections messed with him . |
| 6 | Even though he had a job to go to with Birmingham Repertory Company , his agent sent him to the Rank interview for the experience . |
| 7 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 8 | Peter was a magnificent , driving , defensive midfielder , whose whole-hearted commitment to the club endeared him to every Palace fan . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A torn hamstring in his final training session consigned him to a seat in the stand in the Olympic Stadium , but with Barcelona on the horizon he 's hungry for the big stage again . |
| 11 | As the child subjected him to a solemn , no-nonsense appraisal , Ashley 's heart began to hammer behind her ribs . |
| 12 | Alistair Campbell , prosecuting , said : ‘ Mr Friel shouted : ‘ Do n't come near me , ’ but the youths kept coming and the 15-year-old boy knocked him to the ground . ’ |
| 13 | French and Ukrainian , mathematics and chemistry bored him to the point of insanity ; only in music and English could he hope to get decent marks . |
| 14 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 15 | His service in the Royal Artillery in the Second World War took him to the Middle East , and there he was able to develop his interest in military architecture through the study of the citadel at Damascus , and the siege of the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers . |
| 16 | Breeze accompanied him to the door . |
| 17 | Dulé was only lightly armed in his boat : his task was different , for his skills at diving fitted him to a particular duty . |
| 18 | His sudden smile transformed him to an astonishing degree , revealing the man behind the remote consultant . |
| 19 | Runner jumped violently as Joe slapped him on his shoulder , but moved passively as the landlord helped him to the door . |
| 20 | The Liberal set-back in 1895 cost him his seat , and his chronic hay fever directed him to an urban constituency . |
| 21 | Olazabal 's finish hauled him to the top of the European order of merit . |
| 22 | With military-style precision , one gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France where at least four others were waiting . |
| 23 | One gunman stayed to guard the man 's family , while the other took him to the Banque de France in Toulon , France , where four others were waiting . |
| 24 | A policeman took him to a chair near Anna . |
| 25 | At the weekend a Saudi court sentenced him to a 120 lashes in public for supplying alcohol , a charge he 's always denied . |
| 26 | The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door , giving him written instructions on how to find the ward . |
| 27 | The scraping of a bolt recalled him to the issue in hand . |
| 28 | Unsurprisingly , Socks was fine until his owner 's presidential victory exposed him to the unwelcome attention of the world 's media and turned his little world upside down . |
| 29 | A year later his father followed him to the grave . |
| 30 | It was as he was about to emerge from the far end of the wood that the figure on the ground brought him to a standstill . |