Example sentences of "he to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 2 | As early as January 1961 a US Department of State report on Cuba argued that ‘ Castro , aware of [ growing discontent within Cuba ] and of the lack of decisive support by the Soviet countries is endeavouring , through his acts of provocation , to create a crisis against Cuba that will compel the Soviets to support him and will restore him to the position of anti-imperialist hero in the eyes of his own people and the Latin American masses ’ ( US Declassified , 1982 , 001697 ) . |
| 3 | One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal 's universe . |
| 4 | He stood back in the street , the rain stinging his eyes , wetting him to the skin , getting in his mouth and eyes ; warm rain , huge hard drops , slicking and sticking the clothes to his body ; erotic , making his heart beat faster in a sudden , squally sexual fantasy ; she would invite him in … no , better yet , she would turn up in the street , having been out , also wet to the skin , she would look at him … they would go in … |
| 5 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |
| 6 | He then directs him to the message to the angel of the church at Laodicea in the third chapter of Revelation . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Maurin asked the taxi driver to take him to the museum yesterday . |
| 8 | After he had finished attending to the roses , he went round them once again , cutting a bunch of long-stemmed buds to take with him to the clinic , along with Edna 's parcel of clean laundry . |
| 9 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 10 | When Edward suggested ablutions first he grinned engagingly and led him to the bar . |
| 11 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 12 | The path had led him to the edge of a cliff ! |
| 13 | We had climbed together a couple of weeks before at Goat Crag , where I was once again reminded how suited Fanshawe is to upward progress ; a powerful frame and seemingly hydraulic legs brought him to the crag aeons before I arrived . |
| 14 | Mann said it could be done and Denega drove him to the chapel to see ‘ if the small cracks in the facade could be enlarged ’ . |
| 15 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 16 | One day his inquisitors would take Master Learmouth and put him to the question . |
| 17 | We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house . |
| 18 | Herr Nordern shook hands with him , escorted him to the door , and saw him down the stairs as an excited buzz broke out among the family . |
| 19 | Alison accompanied him to the door , where they paused . |
| 20 | And we would have seen how her eyes followed him to the door . |
| 21 | Runner jumped violently as Joe slapped him on his shoulder , but moved passively as the landlord helped him to the door . |
| 22 | Breeze accompanied him to the door . |
| 23 | But he was , and looked astounded when the housekeeper of the lodgings — a suspicious woman in greening black clothes , a dirty mob cap on her sparse hair — called him to the door of the gabled house . |
| 24 | She followed him to the door ; he got some tools out of the shed and squatted down to unscrew the number plates from his old Renault . |
| 25 | Vi jumped to her feet and followed him to the door of the church , wincing in the sweet , cold air . |
| 26 | The dog invariably followed him to the door , as if she expected , with each visitor , that her master would be back . |
| 27 | But before he had reached the door Hari had called to him , following him to the door . |
| 28 | I wipe my lips and follow him to the door . |
| 29 | She walked past him to the door , and though he followed and came quickly up to her side he did not again offer her his hand . |
| 30 | Haughtily , she followed him to the door . |