Example sentences of "that [vb past] him to his " in BNC.

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1 Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees .
2 Like many supposed puppets , Mr Castro learnt to tug on the strings that tied him to his masters ' hands .
3 Asked about the daring six that took him to his century , Lewis added : ‘ I had got to 90 by attacking the bowling so I was determined to keep playing that way .
4 Thus Barbarossa came from a noble family , with a background that suited him to his eventual imperial career .
5 ‘ The simplest of jobs can be done with panache ’ , he would instruct whenever one of his staff fell short of his standards of perfection — the standards that endeared him to his ‘ Shiny Set ’ customers and staff alike .
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