Example sentences of "and [vb past] him to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Jones , as everyone would have expected , welcomed his vanquished opponent on board with great courtesy , and invited him to his own wrecked cabin for a glass of wine . ) |
| 2 | Bob Monkhouse , best known as a comedy writer and actor for television and radio , and playing his first straight acting role in the West End , as Buddy 's elder brother , Alan , spotted Crawford 's comedy potential and invited him to his home , where they spent an evening reading the play . |
| 3 | Martin glanced at Marjorie 's stricken face , seized the child 's thin wrist and jerked him to his feet . |
| 4 | But his personality — assertive and brash yet essentially both cheerful and tough — gradually communicated itself to the public and helped him to his greatest triumph : his victory in the 1948 election . |
| 5 | A hand wrapped itself into his collar and hauled him to his feet , and then his arms were pinned behind his back in what felt like two huge fists . |
| 6 | Scott grabbed him by the lapels and hauled him to his feet . |
| 7 | Kabir came to the market to sell from his loom when the woman grasped his hand , blaming him for being faithless , and followed him to his house , saying she would not be forsaken . |
| 8 | But now , as in all good rehabilitated hellraiser stories , the only coke he touches comes from a bottle and he has a wife , Becky , who has helped him overcome the demon drink and restored him to his former hunky self . |
| 9 | The Americans , suspecting Mossadegh of Communist sympathies , organized support for the Shah through the agents of the CIA ( Central Intelligence Agency ) in Iran , and restored him to his throne . |
| 10 | But it was Nurse Lambert who stepped briskly out of the lift and escorted him to his door . |
| 11 | A TRAIN snagged a student 's sleeve and dragged him to his death . |
| 12 | Rohmer swung downwards , seized Gilbert and dragged him to his feet , holding him as close as a lovers ' embrace . |
| 13 | When 13 , Mackenzie was sent to be educated at a hearing school where the teachers did not know what to do with him , and left him to his own devices a lot of the time . |
| 14 | ‘ I promise not to do too much , but I think it will be good for me to keep busy , ’ she said , and left him to his book . |
| 15 | Your spirits may be a little duller and your wits a little brighter to-morrow , ’ said Isambard tolerantly , and left him to his uneasy solitude . |
| 16 | The dream-man called Duvall seized Jimmy around the neck in a way which was surely too painful to be a dream and yanked him to his feet , throwing him on to a desk . |