Example sentences of "he [adv prt] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance . |
2 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
3 | ‘ I just needed to see you ! ’ she said with a brittle smile , walking past him on to the hot beach , feeling the tears burn her eyes . |
4 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
5 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
6 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
7 | But had n't he thought that Spiderglass would save him somehow , plug him in to the endless dance of electrons ? |
8 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
9 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
10 | ‘ Okay , ’ she walked with him down to the first landing . |
11 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
12 | There were hundreds of screaming women outside and we had to whisk him down to the underground car park and shut the gates behind him . |
13 | ‘ It was supposed to be in my hair , ’ she told him as she followed him through to the spacious kitchen , deciding honesty was the best policy in the circumstances . |
14 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
15 | Surely the man had enough sense to take him over to the other corner , where aged Chevrolets lay wearily beside battered Valiants , motorbikes and scooters . |
16 | Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap . |
17 | He carried him over to the great oak chair and stood him on it . |
18 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
19 | Burney took him over to the grey slab in the middle of the room . |
20 | No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’ |
21 | Attempts were made to bring Erich Honecker , the former East German party and government leader , to trial on charges of giving the " shoot-to-kill " order to guards preventing illegal border-crossings , but the Soviet Union , where Honecker and his wife were , refused to hand him over to the German authorities [ see pp. 37828-29 ; 38110 ; for June sentencing of Harry Tisch see pp. 37967 ; 38298 ] . |
22 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
23 | Subsequently , he was often seen scratching at his groin on the set , and , guessing the nature of his problem , director Nicholas Ray marched him off to the nearest chemist for a healthy dose of crabocide . |
24 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
25 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
26 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
27 | Cris tried to help , of course , but as soon as the ambulances came they sent him off to the local hospital , and that 's where he is now . |
28 | They struggled up the steps , through the entrance hall , rested in the main hall , then took him up to the first floor . |
29 | The alternatives would seem to be handing General Noriega to the US forces to face trial on drug-trafficking charges , which the Vatican has said it will not do , or giving him up to the new Panamanian Government , which has already declared it ‘ has enough on him to put Noriega away for life ’ . |
30 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |