Example sentences of "him [adv] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had hoped that a row might spur him on to a direct , hands on approach to murdering Elinor , Henry was disappointed . |
| 2 | He was approached by the Huddersfield directors early in 1921 and the offer spurred him on to a determined effort to prove his innocence in the Leeds City affair . |
| 3 | In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance . |
| 4 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ I just needed to see you ! ’ she said with a brittle smile , walking past him on to the hot beach , feeling the tears burn her eyes . |
| 6 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 7 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 8 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 9 | But had n't he thought that Spiderglass would save him somehow , plug him in to the endless dance of electrons ? |
| 10 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
| 11 | Well I think that 's quite I mean I 'd probably knock him down to a hundred anyway . |
| 12 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 13 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
| 14 | ‘ Okay , ’ she walked with him down to the first landing . |
| 15 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 16 | There were hundreds of screaming women outside and we had to whisk him down to the underground car park and shut the gates behind him . |
| 17 | He climbed down from the litter and the Assyrian conducted him not to the little courtyard but through the house to an upper room , whose high windows faced north to catch the wind . |
| 18 | ‘ It was supposed to be in my hair , ’ she told him as she followed him through to the spacious kitchen , deciding honesty was the best policy in the circumstances . |
| 19 | It would take him away to a nice , warm mental hospital , where nice men would inject large quantities of Largactil up his bum . |
| 20 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 21 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 22 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 23 | Surely the man had enough sense to take him over to the other corner , where aged Chevrolets lay wearily beside battered Valiants , motorbikes and scooters . |
| 24 | Much credit is due to the quick thinking of his jockey John Buckingham riding in his first Grand National , in steering him over to the wide outside and popping him through a gap . |
| 25 | He carried him over to the great oak chair and stood him on it . |
| 26 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 27 | Burney took him over to the grey slab in the middle of the room . |
| 28 | No wonder they 're sending him over to the mad house for th ’ electric . ’ |
| 29 | Attempts were made to bring Erich Honecker , the former East German party and government leader , to trial on charges of giving the " shoot-to-kill " order to guards preventing illegal border-crossings , but the Soviet Union , where Honecker and his wife were , refused to hand him over to the German authorities [ see pp. 37828-29 ; 38110 ; for June sentencing of Harry Tisch see pp. 37967 ; 38298 ] . |
| 30 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |