Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His occupancy lasted until 1 761 , when he sold it to another local clothier , John Cox , in whose family it remained until 1818 when Elizabeth and William leased it for seven years to the partnership of John Cox and Weston Hicks . |
| 2 | Course he started messing with the er bodywork and the engine and they just wrecked it , but then he sold it to another driver and this other bloke Bob erm oh |
| 3 | I said , yeah he sold it to some bloke out Ivybridge for er erm off , off road racing and stuff . |
| 4 | Two years later , he sold it to Scottish & Newcastle , netting a cool £70 million in shares . |
| 5 | Innerd took over as Palace 's captain in 1906 after Ted Birnie had left us and he led us to several marvellous FA Cup triumphs , including the fabulous 1–0 Will at the home of his former club , and League champions , Newcastle United in January 1907 . |
| 6 | Pyatt has outstanding hand speed and he demonstrated it to full effect against an opponent who was clearly out of his depth . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He mentioned it to several of his male colleagues . |
| 9 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 10 | He tied him to some trolleys ! |
| 11 | He took him to all the different workshops de Chavigny maintained in different parts of Paris : he let him watch these highly skilled men at work , the specialists in metalwork , the specialists in inlay work and enamels , the gem-cutters , the gem-setters , the team of men who made the mechanisms for clocks and watches . |
| 12 | The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’ |
| 13 | I wanted to lash out at them : Vern did n't help me , I do n't need anyone to help me — he took me to this boat alone at night and we … |
| 14 | To do this he sent me to another sort of specialist who inserted through my neck a needle containing blue dye , guided it with the help of a television screen into the top of my spinal cord and then watched its progress as it trickled down . |
| 15 | He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm . |
| 16 | He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity . |
| 17 | As he put it to one of his regional officials : " If Joan of Arc had married and had children , she would not have been Joan of Arc any more . " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He introduced me to one simple , trusting soul . |
| 21 | He introduced me to one of the Curriers in the Golden Cock . |
| 22 | He introduced me to good restaurants in Paris , good food in Lugano , and good wines in New York . |
| 23 | He introduced me to this world that I had never really come across before . |
| 24 | Edward looked delighted to see them and , after supplying them with drinks , he introduced them to several other guests . |
| 25 | Then he introduced us to each other . |
| 26 | He extended it to 17-10 and 19-13 before finishing Weir off with a double . |
| 27 | He kicked them to one side . |
| 28 | He sentenced her to nine months in prison for supplying LSD and a concurrent six months for possessing amphetamines |
| 29 | Judge Anthony Hart described 28-year-old George Scott , who denied punching and kicking the male and female officers , as an ‘ arrogant thug ’ as he sentenced him to two years in prison . |