Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] 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 | Police team manager David Rees said : ‘ We should have switched him to a Saturday afternoon shift . |
| 12 | As he was mental , I mean would you have taken him to a hospital or the station ? |
| 13 | Carla would have taken him to the cleaners for that . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 17 | 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 . |