Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] him to [art] " in BNC.

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1 If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp .
2 In Ancient Rome they 'd have chucked him to the lions .
3 My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues .
4 If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did .
5 Love will have raised him to a place far above human strife .
6 It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse .
7 As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross .
8 The headmistressy tone should have reduced him to an ill-behaved schoolboy .
9 He puts the case for Xanthippe ( aka Mrs Socrates ) , whose husband 's ‘ homosexual leanings , his absent-minded behaviour , his idleness and his love of proving everyone wrong would have endeared him to no wife of mettle . ’
10 He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests .
11 He thought of patching things up , but felt she would try to force him to an affair in some unwomanly way .
12 Police team manager David Rees said : ‘ We should have switched him to a Saturday afternoon shift .
13 ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee .
14 As he was mental , I mean would you have taken him to a hospital or the station ?
15 Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that .
16 He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank .
17 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
18 I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station .
19 Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him .
20 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 .
21 At half-ten the ambulance would arrive to bring him to the county home .
22 When working with the patient who considers himself a consistent failure in a particular area of his life , part of that treatment may well involve regressing him to the time of one of these earlier successes .
23 ‘ However , to start with he 's asking if you would care to accompany him to the theatre along with some friends from his regiment .
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