Example sentences of "[to-vb] him [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately though , he became too domesticated and did n't have a fear of humans so he was put on a programme to help him adjust to the wild . |
| 2 | Over at The Wine Cellar , Keith Meerza , the joint owner , has sat a customer down in the corner and is trying to persuade him to go to the police . |
| 3 | And a section of the crowd followed him everywhere , trying to persuade him to speak to the Angel — to intercede with the Miracle-Worker on their behalf . |
| 4 | She had wanted to see him wake to the possession of all this beauty but he watched its passing impassively , stirring only to ask practical questions . |
| 5 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 6 | Paragraph 8. 10 ( c ) of the PAC 's 1981 report , The Role of the Comptroller and Auditor General , stated that the present arrangements for the financial audit of nationalized industries should continue but that the C & AG should have access to the books and records of these bodies in order to enable him to report to the House of Commons ( paragraph 4.16 — 4.19 ) . |
| 7 | The defender is often faced with a claim of exorbitant amount , an agent for the pursuer who is unprepared or unable to quantify the same properly , and a pursuer who believes that his accident will be sufficient to enable him to retire to a comfortable abode in the sun . |
| 8 | And he 'd not offer harm to me , I think But you , lassie-' once more I was promoted from ‘ Miss Fenemore ’ — ‘ there 's no need for you to fear him coming to the cottage , even though he has a boat and could get into the bay without anyone seeing him . |
| 9 | By devastating his fields , orchards and vineyards you hoped to force him to listen to a case which he was otherwise disposed to ignore ; by military means he was to be compelled to come to terms . |
| 10 | Donald would issue a death certificate for any cause you suggested to him ; this case , Henry felt , might be so staggeringly self-explanatory as to allow him to come to a diagnosis off his own bat . |
| 11 | Another prisoner wrote to me recently , and I am now seeking to get him transferred to a prison nearer his home in Liverpool . |
| 12 | I even tried to get him to go to the studio . |
| 13 | He jogged every morning with lead weights slung on his chest , back and thighs to get him used to the extra poundage of the armour . |
| 14 | He is playing in the Second Division at the moment , but my priority is to get him to come to the club . ’ |
| 15 | Now it was possible for a settlor who conveyed land to A to direct him to hold to the use of B ; and then to direct that , on the happening of an event , e.g. B 's marriage , B's use should shift to C. This use in favour of C was a shifting use . |
| 16 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 17 | At Meehan 's appeal Nicky asked the presiding judge , Lord Clyde , if he could call Mr Ross to the witness box to have him listen to the recording . |
| 18 | Jones fears his criminal record pre-dating Pistols days might be used by US Immigration to prevent him returning to the States . |
| 19 | Jacques Devraux had not troubled to make him known to the senator , but while his father made a final check of the baggage truck , Paul Devraux had patted him affectionately on the shoulder and introduced him to them as " the great all-purpose Annamese genie Ngo Van Loc , who 's houseboy , camp boy , chauffeur and indispensable general assistant to the humble Devraux family . " |