Example sentences of "[vb past] him to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never invited him to the jolly ones . |
| 2 | Simultaneously the influence of A. W. N. Pugin [ q.v. ] drew him to the Catholic Church , into which he was received in 1846 . |
| 3 | A family connection with the lord chancellor , John , Baron Somers [ q.v. ] , drew him to the Whig side in politics , but he was no slavish follower of a party . |
| 4 | Maisie snorted and , following the sound of his voice , traced him to the wooden bench . |
| 5 | In the early hours of Thursday morning , the murderer skewered him to the wooden floor of a refreshment hut . |
| 6 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 7 | Manager Goodman quickly spotted that Harry 's lack of inches ( he only stood 5ft 6in ) were something of a handicap when playing down the middle in Second Division football and successfully transferred him to the outside-right spot . |
| 8 | It was at such times , he said , that he was divested of all those characteristics of family , personality and reputation which identified him to the outside world . |
| 9 | The opening door recalled him to the present situation . |
| 10 | We rushed him to the veterinary hospital , where he was given an antidote which should have worked within 20 minutes . |
| 11 | When he got home , his mother rushed him to the Royal Infirmary , wherein he was kept for two days . |
| 12 | Murchison recognized the boy 's ability , arranged for his entry to the Royal School of Mines , where he studied under Thomas Huxley and ( Sir ) Andrew Ramsay [ qq.v. ] , and in 1862 recruited him to the Geological Survey of Scotland . |
| 13 | She hustled him to the far side of the street . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge . |
| 16 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 17 | That is a talent that followed him to the Foreign Office and to the Department of Health , where he helped Ken Clarke take on hospital doctors attacking their tales of long hours as ‘ fishermen 's stories ’ . |
| 18 | The teller of tall tales poked Rex in the chest with his pistol and steered him to the far end of the room . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | His family situation led him to the inescapable conclusion that the world was a hostile , alien environment in which was concealed the terrible presence of death , and in which the hopes , convictions and aspirations of men could be dashed by the unforeseeable and irreversible consequences of a malevolent destiny . |
| 21 | An ad in the Sevenoaks Chronicle led him to the white 1988 Sierra Sapphire 1.8 LX , advertised at £3750 . |
| 22 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
| 23 | Eventually , his wanderings led him to the ornate frontage of a steam-house . |
| 24 | They bound Guthlac ‘ in all his limbs … and brought him to the black fen , and threw and sank him in the muddy waters ’ . |
| 25 | That 's what brought him to the Sleek Physique club in Didcot at the weekend — together with a legion of fans . |
| 26 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 27 | Fox arrived with an assistant and Wycliffe took him to the vandalized room . |
| 28 | So much of his daily duty took him to the general neighbourhood of these places it was n't easy , but mercifully no bumping into the angry Charity occurred . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I took him to the first Giants game when he was three . |