Example sentences of "[vb pp] him to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUN man Paul Welford has reported him to the police , and Flashman said : ‘ If people want to do that , then fair enough . |
| 2 | In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions . |
| 3 | The constable might not have minded the instant promotion but I doubt if the commissioner would have been too happy had I relegated him to the ranks ! ) |
| 4 | But though the jungle morass has gripped him to the knees |
| 5 | Although he is happy with his lifestyle and a wages and bonuses package which earns him £30,000 a week , Walker 's evasive attitude and reluctance to project himself through the media has not endeared him to the locals . |
| 6 | What 's worse , it seems to have blinded him to the facts of Liverpool history . |
| 7 | Bewildering doubts and dissatisfied creativity had led him to the hills in search of a poetic subject ‘ that should give equal room and freedom for description , incident , and impassioned reflections on men , nature , and society ’ . |
| 8 | At the funeral of Pierre Bérégovoy , François Mitterrand criticised those who had ‘ thrown him to the dogs ’ . |
| 9 | James ' research for this brilliant book had taken him to the archives at Bordeaux , whereupon he discovered that his fellow Trinidadian , Eric Williams , had been there before him . |
| 10 | Sir Ranulph , 48 , acknowledged that his record-breaking journey had taken him to the limits of his endurance . |
| 11 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 12 | As a result they had taken him to the police , and then Sommerville had been questioned . |
| 13 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 14 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 15 | Cissie was the first to recover , and there was no doubt she would have chased him to the ends of Kingdom Come if Beth had n't thrust out an arm to stop her . |