Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 I 'm an Army officer and all I want to do is persuade him to go back to the Army . ’
2 A year ago Nicky , Rob 's girlfriend of about eight months convinced him to go back to the ice pack that nearly killed him .
3 To get him to go out to the Lock with her , Marie had told Simon all sorts of lies .
4 I rang the owner Gary Harris , and arranged with him to go out to the USA and view the aircraft , after which we came to an agreement and I purchased the Corsair .
5 He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary .
6 It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it .
7 He was very normal , you could see him walking down to the bank Monday to Friday , but he 's got this completely eccentric side to him . ’
8 He is right to change the emphasis of the list and we urge him to stand up to the civil servants who are resisting change .
9 Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment .
10 We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing .
11 The queasiness which had first compelled him to come back to the house that evening clawed him again , and kept him in the chair under her fond glances and bids to intimacy .
12 Meantime , he reminded himself , since the entire company was now assembled , he had better be about sending off Father Boniface 's errand-boy to find Aldhelm at Upton among his sheep , and ask him to come down to the abbey when his work for the day was over , and pick out his shadowy Benedictine from among a number now complete .
13 The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating .
14 ‘ Now I can see him going on to the next one , the way he is playing .
15 ‘ I do n't see him going back to the Council , ’ Dann said banteringly .
16 After a short while she saw him emerge on to the quayside , a tall , lean man with the kind of rangy , loose-limbed walk which drew admiring glances from any female within range .
17 He had behaved disgracefully on Thursday and I was going to make him face up to the fact on Friday .
18 As she thrashed his bare arse with scorching strokes , she watched him ejaculate on to the floor .
19 The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook .
20 Michael let him drop on to the filthy floor .
21 She watched him go over to the coffee-machine hissing on a cabinet near one of the windows , saw him deftly take cups and saucers from a cupboard .
22 She watched him go back to the kitchen and when he had shut the living room door firmly , she sank down on the rug in front of the gas fire with her back propped against the armchair and sipped gloomily at the wine .
23 ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round .
24 I saw him go up to the house- ’
25 You say you saw him go up to the house and take something ?
26 Let him go back to the corner thinking , ‘ I 'm working with the boss . ’ ’
27 well there is that would n't taken him went off to the ch
28 At lunchtime Desmond had n't been able to place his usual bets because she 'd sent him haring back to the digs to see if an urgent letter had arrived .
29 They had fallen , both of them , he could picture it exactly in his mind , and he could remember Kairallah , calling to him to get back to the car .
30 Owen had him taken back to the underground room .
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