Example sentences of "him [adv] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rolled him on to his shoulder and two cornflowers stared at her . |
| 2 | She pushed the Beretta into her anorak pocket then rolled him on to his back and pulled off his black balaclava . |
| 3 | Her smile slowly broadened , then , without warning , she launched herself at him , knocking him on to his back , her kisses overwhelming him . |
| 4 | Feeling her body respond again , she slowly rolled him on to his back . |
| 5 | Laura strode over and booted him on to his back . |
| 6 | Kalchu reached over to where he and Hārkini had been squabbling , picked him up by both elbows and pulled him on to his lap . |
| 7 | They connected up the drip , set it running and turned him on to his side . |
| 8 | The best that could be for the the Simpson woman is that at least when they had married , she stuck to him right to his death . |
| 9 | To let him in to his mother for a suck , |
| 10 | When traders tracked him down to his hotel room , he would n't answer the door . |
| 11 | As I had a twelfth-hand Hillman Imp at the time I drove him down to his place in South London . |
| 12 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 13 | Greeting him on his return from battle , she hands him over to his wife with palpable reluctance ; seeking to calm him before his confrontation with the people , she shackles him in an iron grip ; and , in the great plea with him not to sack Rome , she pinpoints the lines about him treading on his mother 's womb ‘ that brought thee to this world ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't want you collapsing on us — not good for the department 's reputation , ’ she joked lightly , and wheeled him round and handed him over to his wife . |
| 15 | The incomprehensible incantations would cast no spell over him , any more than the tattoo of the spider had glued him forever to his gang . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll take him up to his bed , Cissie , ’ Beth told her , at the same time taking the boy by the hand and leading him towards the door . |
| 17 | They milled around and tidied him up to his satisfaction and went on their way singing : |
| 18 | Frankie 's On brought him full circle in a way , taking him back to his music hall roots with its audience involvement . |
| 19 | At nine the headmaster , who had introduced him , escorted him back to his hotel and up to his room . |
| 20 | He had been beaten by soldiers , he said , who had taken him back to his home and stolen the money he had hidden there . |
| 21 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 22 | It took him back to his childhood , and the family carter 's business . |
| 23 | I suggested that he might like to go and have a talk with his crew , I did not want to send him back to his squadron , but with a new navigator I believed he could eventually forge a good Pathfinding crew . |
| 24 | Only a few months ago , after this Lord Henry Percy had withdrawn to his other urgent command on the Scottish borders , Owen had run wild over most of North Wales , and made himself master of the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth ; and while the woollier heads in King Henry 's council had seethed and talked bloody war , Hotspur had come swooping back to hold the balance so sturdily that he had been allowed , on the king 's warrant , to approach the Welsh prince , and attempt to bring him back to his allegiance , on promise of honourable terms . |
| 25 | When one boy attempted to impart some sense of movement to the still life by pouring himself an imaginary cup of tea the teacher lightly but firmly kicked him back to his seat , smiling and talking in a manner that confirmed for the pupil the ‘ naturalness ’ of this action . |
| 26 | Ward waved him back to his seat and called to the waiter to bring the coffee . |
| 27 | The front desk apologises for the inconvenience and they accompany him back to his room with a duplicate key . |
| 28 | Exactly , and as they took him back to his room , not his cell , but his room , he turned to my , my mate who was with me and said er , I do n't want an operation I like having sex with little girls , he said now I 've got two little girls and I had to turn and walk away |
| 29 | It has overtones of an Old Testament story in which the prophet Elijah also raised a widow 's son from death and ‘ gave him back to his mother ’ ( Luke 7:15 ; 1 Kings 17:23 ) . |
| 30 | He told the driver to take him back to his office . |