Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] him to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 2 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 3 | ‘ Victor 's story is that she was willing , she undressed and led him to the bedroom . |
| 4 | Tommy took him by the arm and led him to the chair . |
| 5 | He had a semi-hard-on the whole time he was bathing her , and without warning she grabbed him by it , and led him to the bath . |
| 6 | And she took his hand and led him to the bed . |
| 7 | Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace . |
| 8 | And it was not until Mrs Thackray 's tall , craggy fair-haired son had shouldered his luggage and led him to the top of St Jude 's Street that he had realized his peril . |
| 9 | When Edward suggested ablutions first he grinned engagingly and led him to the bar . |
| 10 | PCs Thomas McGrath , 45 , and John Milliken , 54 , chased their victim into an alleyway and battered him to the ground . |
| 11 | The sin of his blasphemy struck Gabriel like the sunbeams , between the shoulder-blades , and pierced him to the soul . |
| 12 | He struggled even more when four men pounced upon him and pinned him to the ground , but his frantic movements were more an attempt to breathe than to escape . |
| 13 | TINY tot Stuart McKane is lucky to be alive today after a kitchen oven fell and pinned him to the floor . |
| 14 | and this guy got him by the throat and pinned him to the wall and said Billy shut up ! |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Next morning she went and reported him to the foreman , who sent for Jim and asked ‘ What 's this woman on about ? ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 19 | Kragan had taken Kaas under his wing and transferred him to the Stasi pre-trial detention establishment at Berlin-Hohenschonhausen . |
| 20 | The pack leader grabbed the first policeman from behind and wrestled him to the ground , knocking his revolver from his grip . |
| 21 | Thanks are due to our audience at that concert — they immediately recognised that this was a new star , and applauded him to the echo . |
| 22 | Amy helped him up and showed him to the door while Kath stripped off her gown and gloves . |
| 23 | He remembered the many faces of Sylvie , the child-woman with the mischievous glance who had stolen apples in the Paris market , the girl he had obsessively trailed , the passionate creature who had boldly come to his flat and pleasured him to the point of pain , the frightened child who pushed him away and clung to him simultaneously . |
| 24 | The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground — but he curled up into a ball to save himself as punches and kicks rained down . |
| 25 | Then he hit him with all his strength and knocked him to the ground . |
| 26 | Then he hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Hyde hit the old man violently with the stick and knocked him to the ground . ’ |
| 28 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed , and followed him to the table . |
| 30 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |