Example sentences of "by [verb] he to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jury found him guilty on a reduced charge of assaulting the youth by knocking him to the ground . |
| 2 | The man showed his gratitude by recommending him to the Bishop for ordination . |
| 3 | The court heard that Mr Farmer , who was shot four times , died saving his father Robert by pushing him to the floor and shouting a warning when he spotted the gunman . |
| 4 | And when the colonel himself seemed to have taken matters into his own hands by delegating him to a job that tired him out day after day , week after week , it seemed they had been successful . |
| 5 | If he remained at liberty , he could authorise the calling in of outside help — hence , as insurance , the coup leader 's attempt to destroy the President s reputation by connecting him to the cocaine trade . |
| 6 | For all but the very ill or those admitted as an emergency the nurse can help the patient with his problem of being among unfamiliar people by introducing him to the other patients in his immediate vicinity . |
| 7 | In the past , freemasons have labelled and slandered the Christian God by reducing him to a miniature deity . |