Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With blood pouring from the bare bone he made it to a pub near Loose , Kent , where regulars called 999 . |
| 2 | He sold himself to a local pig farmer . |
| 3 | An owner now obtained ( in theory at least ) the same price for his land irrespective of whether he sold it to a private individual or to a public authority . |
| 4 | He sold it to an American bookseller , who broke up the historic volumes that had survived the hazards of more than six centuries . |
| 5 | After this but before the rogue was traced , the rogue took the car along to a market in Warren Street ( where dealers commonly sold cars ) and he sold it to an innocent purchaser . |
| 6 | George Hurst , the son of a curate , was born in 1800 and was apprenticed to a silk mercer at the age of 13 , at the end of which time he applied himself to an energetic programme of self-improvement and became a schoolteacher . |
| 7 | He led her to a chair . |
| 8 | He led her to a door ; the door opened out onto the street . |
| 9 | He led her to a waiting taxi and , as he held the door for her , for a brief instant their eyes met . |
| 10 | He led her to a tiny table in one corner , and she resolutely ignored the fact that nearly everyone else — the place was surprisingly crowded — wore slinky and fashionable black . |
| 11 | They strolled outside again and he led her to a relatively quiet spot and they drank and shared the cake between them . |
| 12 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
| 13 | Placing a hand on her shoulder , he led her to an ornate , gilded mirror hanging above the carved stone fireplace . |
| 14 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 15 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
| 16 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 17 | He led them to a dugout canoe half a mile downstream , and they poled slowly across to the other bank . |
| 18 | Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening . |
| 19 | He invited her to a performance of Verdi 's Requiem — one of her favourite works — at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 20 | Then he invited me to a gypsy baptism which was to be held that night in the suburb of Vallecas . |
| 21 | His undoubted talents never blossomed in public life , and he devoted himself to an immense rebuilding and renovation programme at Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , where he loved to spend many hours in the library . |
| 22 | He helped himself to a glass of mango juice before he replied . |
| 23 | Unsatisfied , he helped himself to an old issue of Penthouse ( his brother , a window cleaner , had kept every issue of the magazine ) and , turning the pages at random , discovered Amaranth Wilikins spread languorously over three of them . |
| 24 | He helped them to a waiting car and drove to nearby St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 25 | He drew her to a stop and swung her round so he could see her face in the half-light . |
| 26 | He referred me to a specialist , and shortly after my twenty-first birthday I went into hospital for tests . |
| 27 | Her doctor was convinced that most of Edith 's problems were psychosomatic , but he referred her to a specialist who was interested in such cases . |
| 28 | He referred us to a dictum of Simon Brown J. in Reg. v. Chief Rabbi of the United Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth , Ex parte Wachmann [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 1036 , 1040 , which is to the following effect : |
| 29 | In Sybil he had rejoined his past but he transplanted it to an artistic suburb of London which had been the haunt of legendary highwaymen , was now the roost of exiles and writers and only fifteen minutes from the West End theatre . |
| 30 | Yesterday he played himself to a world cup spot , more consentrated and on the alert then ever . |