Example sentences of "him [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trust him to go to the other extreme . |
| 2 | He urged him to go to the local hotel , only twelve miles in the wrong direction . |
| 3 | ‘ A pity you did n't get him to attend to the little bitch before , ’ commented Rachel . |
| 4 | He had been put under the tutelage of Sergeant Bragg , a great bear of a man , a man whose principles would not allow him to stoop to the self-serving tactics of his superiors . |
| 5 | Deeply as she disliked and distrusted the actress , she still was n't certain just how Dane felt about her , and she was n't about to pin her own colours to the mast and risk having him leap to the other woman 's defence . |
| 6 | He would have liked to join them as he was tired of being a lurking Briton but his sense of loyalty would not allow him to defect to the other side . |
| 7 | Needless to say , the taxation liability is ultimately a personal one for the partner — assessed on him according to the profit-sharing formula . |
| 8 | There were some mornings , Monday mornings in particular , when it would have been as quick for him to walk to the main gates and then catch an internal minibus to his office block . |
| 9 | He jogged every morning with lead weights slung on his chest , back and thighs to get him used to the extra poundage of the armour . |
| 10 | I watched him attending to the new arrivals and tried to recall the details about him . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
| 12 | It 's almost impossible for him to get to the decent matches . ’ |
| 13 | Quiss clawed at the wall , tearing the faded , yellowing books away from it , throwing them behind him like a dog digging a hole in the sand , bellowing incoherently and tearing and swiping at the wall , baring the green-black slate beneath as the torn , ripped pages fluttered away behind him falling to the grimy glass floor like some flat , grubby snow . |
| 14 | I besought him if the decision went against him to return to the Upper House and do his bit there . |
| 15 | After discussions with medical experts , Caolan 's parents , Brendan and Catriona , decided it would be best for the child and family for him to return to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children . |