Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb past] him to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker 's sanitary reports on the cholera in Tyneside , and on housing and environmental conditions in Leeds , included a use of maps which brought him to wider notice . |
| 2 | One of the best known names in football has been teaching a group of schoolchildren some of the skills which took him to the top of the game . |
| 3 | With cords and pitons they anchored him to the rock . |
| 4 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |
| 5 | The general advisory council , which helps the board of governors on policy , met yesterday and strongly criticised Mr Hussey for hiring Mr Birt under conditions which allowed him to be paid as a freelance , thus avoiding tax . |
| 6 | He played a full season of grade cricket in Western Australia during our winter , without any recurrence of the back problems which limited him to under 40 overs in the Championship for us last summer . |
| 7 | Apparently , he had reserved certain rights which entitled him to a supply . |
| 8 | Pearce pauses for reflection when asked to define the qualities which took him to the top with such apparent ease . |
| 9 | Ms Tierney , of Victor Paul Terrace , Edinburgh , told a fatal accident inquiry in Dunfermline yesterday : ‘ On 15 August when he complained of blinding headaches I took him to my GP who referred him to Milesmark hospital in Dunfermline with suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage . |