Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years later , he sold it to Scottish & Newcastle , netting a cool £70 million in shares . |
| 2 | Pyatt has outstanding hand speed and he demonstrated it to full effect against an opponent who was clearly out of his depth . |
| 3 | He trained them to regular confession , and whenever any one of them was dying would prepare them for death , and be thankful when they died in penitence , peace and hope . |
| 4 | His first plan of revenge fails but he follows them to ancient Egypt , where they are joined by the Daleks and Mavic Chen , who know their Core was a fake . |
| 5 | Eating his bacon and eggs , ‘ Sunny-side up , ’ Sally-Anne had once said when she put his plate before him , drinking his coffee — he preferred it to everlasting tea , he said — he looked much better than he had done the day before ; no midnight drinking , Sally-Anne thought . |
| 6 | He introduced me to burly , red-faced Bertrand de Macon , the master of a fat-bellied cog and prospective third partner in our business venture . |
| 7 | He introduced me to good restaurants in Paris , good food in Lugano , and good wines in New York . |