Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] him to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one point Eva turned and gesticulated towards me , as if she were taking him to task for something he 'd done to me . |
| 2 | His ulcer had finally blown up and the doctor was rushing him to hospital . |
| 3 | What I really wanted was to bash him to smithereens . |
| 4 | ‘ My Lord , ’ Corbett replied , not bothering to sit down , ‘ I would like to ask Father John , and I presume this is he , why His Grace , the late King , was sending him to Rome ? ’ |
| 5 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 6 | What the British did , however , was to send him to school . |
| 7 | He said he was taking him to obedience classes but he was n't . |
| 8 | The next landing stage , this one at a tree-covered spur projecting from the opposite shore of the lake , bears the sign " Tellsplatte " ; nearby is a memorial chapel to the folk hero who is reputed to have leapt ashore at this spot escaping from an Austrian-manned boat that was carrying him to prison . |
| 9 | The only reason Trent could imagine for the attack was to link him to Don Roberto 's murder — this presumed that the three men were Don Roberto 's hirelings . |
| 10 | Haines died 16 June 1860 , at Bombay harbour on a ship that was to take him to England , one week after his release from prison . |