Example sentences of "he [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided that you have reduced the distance between you , your turning hip will jar against the opponent , lifting him on to the ball of his foot . |
| 2 | In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance . |
| 3 | A Polish farmer fits him out with a complete set of dry clothes and sends him on to the West German embassy in Warsaw . |
| 4 | As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles . |
| 5 | THE man responsible for uncovering South Africa 's hit-squad scandal , the condemned security branch policeman Almond Nofomela , is being brought to court tomorrow by the authorities who are seemingly intent on hurrying him on to his postponed appointment with the hangman . |
| 6 | His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside . |
| 7 | I pushed him on to the bed and started to take his shoes off . |
| 8 | But some irresistible compulsion drove him on to hazard again the life he relished so much , and to put at risk my happiness as well . |
| 9 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 10 | Of course Alison was not ‘ living in ’ the house , but was often there visiting Patrick ( her help as a nurse was no longer required ) , joining Jack in his studio ( where she talked with him about his work ) , or chatting with him and Franca in the drawing room or kitchen before departing with Jack to a restaurant and taking him on to her flat for the night . |
| 11 | There are times , however , when even that motivation is not enough to push him on to success and the Spartathlon is the perfect example . |
| 12 | If he had hoped that a row might spur him on to a direct , hands on approach to murdering Elinor , Henry was disappointed . |
| 13 | The Head gaped , and passed him on to Sylvester . |
| 14 | An advanced manoeuvre used in stronger winds in which the sailor lets the sail pull him on to the board from a position in the water . |
| 15 | The loving parent who tries to shield the child from harm to such an extent that he becomes timid and anxious can cause as many problems as the thoughtless and impatient adult who thinks that telling the child he is stupid will spur him on to greater efforts . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I put him on to Kinsella . |
| 18 | They , no doubt confused beyond belief , gratefully passed him on to the Americans |
| 19 | He was too slow , or too fast ; so that sweeping — and most of his day he spent sweeping , brushing the floors , the shavings from the machines — he was either busy or , conversely , slack to stand on his brush , an affront to Parker who would move him on to some other task . |
| 20 | Our eventual aim is to bring him on to thatching and so continue to expand . |
| 21 | Kalchu reached over to where he and Hārkini had been squabbling , picked him up by both elbows and pulled him on to his lap . |
| 22 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |
| 23 | Jed grabbed Gorelli by the upper arm and spun him on to the balcony . |
| 24 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 25 | Amy never smacked him but would jerk him on to her hip and dump him on her bed saying : ‘ Bloody awful noise . ’ |
| 26 | She must get him on to his feet and down from the high moor before the impending storm . |
| 27 | Weller plays the Burroughs character , a roach-exterminator whose wife , played by Judy Davis , turns him on to his own insecticide . |
| 28 | His team-mates Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe rushed on court and lifted him on to their shoulders to carry him to the sidelines . |
| 29 | The fear followed him on to the table at the Rothmans and the man who had pillaged nine titles last season lost to world No 52 Tony Chappel — a player who had managed to take just one frame off him in two previous meetings . |
| 30 | One of his strange exploits among other frolics , was having a coffin made of copper ( which one of his mines had that year produced ) , and placed in the great hall , and instead of his making use of it as a monitor that might have made him ashamed and terrified at his past life , and induce him to make amends in future , it was filled with punch , and he and his comrades soon made themselves incapable of any sort of reflection ; this was often repeated , and hurried him on to that awful moment he had so much reason to dread . |