Example sentences of "[to-vb] he to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But her urgency seemed to provoke him to lazy slowness . |
| 2 | This reasoned and ridiculous plea had no effect at all on Jem , other than to inflame him to further violence . |
| 3 | But Peyton 's heroics are unlikely to lead him to European glory . |
| 4 | Was it right at the end of a distinguished public servant 's long career to reduce him to such misery ? |
| 5 | If he is unable to breathe spontaneously it would be cruel to subject him to positive pressure ventilation to prolong his life artificially . |
| 6 | Although our son had only one more year to spend at Liphook Junior School , we decided that it would be in his best interests to send him to another state school in Haslemere . |
| 7 | We 're all here to support him to some degree . |
| 8 | The marker has stayed back ever since and there have been plenty of reminders of his erstwhile self ; enough , one trusts , to restore him to selectorial favour come tour time . |
| 9 | Should he mirror his international form at St James ' Park , manager Kevin Keegan may be tempted to restore him to first choice goalkeeper . |
| 10 | His sister invariably had the power to restore him to good humour . |
| 11 | However , it will take several hundred pounds in vet bills to restore him to good health . |
| 12 | They can not imagine him as a Prime Minister , and they can not imagine that the British public can be persuaded to elect him to that post . |
| 13 | Carrington managed to get him to one side long enough to ask him what the airman had said . |
| 14 | They would then perhaps try to get him to another pub near the market — the jolly Farmer or the Golden Ball ( George Mutter of the jolly Farmer used to lodge three or four Irishmen regularly ) . |
| 15 | Associated Tunnelling Co Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal ( EAT ) held that the tribunal had correctly concluded that there was an implied term in Mr Jones 's contract of employment to the effect that his employer had the right to transfer him to any site within reasonable daily commuting reach of his home . |
| 16 | Henry 's wholehearted displays in such a variety of roles , allied to his self-effacing modesty , combined to endear him to all Palace fans of the mid-1980s . |
| 17 | It was as if time had lost all meaning , as if even that were conspiring to hasten him to this place where he would spend the rest of his life . |
| 18 | Mayer 's power was in having the patience to wait until Gilbert 's contract with Metro ran out and then refuse to sign him to another term . |