Example sentences of "drive [pers pn] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a crisp Saturday morning in February , and the young man had picked her up from her flat and was driving them to a motor-racing track in the heart of Surrey . |
| 2 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her instructions and driving her to a secluded area in Clumber Park . |
| 3 | And a court in Nottingham hears how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Park . |
| 4 | A court in London has heard how a taxi driver sexually assaulted a female passenger after driving her to a secluded spot in Clumber Park . |
| 5 | Ellen had gone to her one-room apartment in town while Thessy was reading his Bible in the main-cabin , so I heated myself some baked beans in Wavebreaker 's microwave , spread them on buttered toast , soaked them in brown sauce , then ate a morose supper on deck until the bugs drove me to the screened sanctuary of the staterooms below . |
| 6 | The Australian representative of the Mission , who drove me to the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney , explained that the Mantela , a Sanderstown boat of 5,000 tons which normally plied between the islands , had just finished a refit in Sydney and was about to sail two days after my arrival . |
| 7 | Dad drove them to a big hotel and Jane and Mike were there already waiting for them . |
| 8 | An armed gang of fans of Umtata Bucks surrounded Da Silva 's house in Umtata , ordered him and his family to pack their bags , drove them to the local airport , gave them tickets and cash and forced them aboard a Johannesburg-bound flight . |
| 9 | The challenge drove him to a healthy distraction , and he was still occupied with it at three thirty in the morning , when the telephone rang . |
| 10 | They insisted that Derek enter their car and drove him to a quiet layby a short distance away . |
| 11 | He was a file-grinder by trade , sitting astride a roaring belt-driven stone wheel , breathing in dust for eight hours a day until chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis drove him to an early retirement . |
| 12 | The 20-year-old was collected from the prison in Durham by relatives who drove her to a secret destination . |
| 13 | The woman has alleged that after agreeing to give her a lift home from a discotheque , the officer drove her to a deserted allotment , threatened her by pushing his truncheon under her chin and then raped her . |
| 14 | She gave her name and address , and P.C. Clifford then drove her to the big office block in Upper Thames Street , just round the corner . |
| 15 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
| 16 | He drove her to the very edge of ecstasy and then , as the quivering tide of sensation gathered momentum , he tipped her over and down into the fiery vortex . |
| 17 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 18 | R … stole a cow and drove it to a distant market for sale . |
| 19 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
| 20 | I wanted to drive her to the very edge of despair . |
| 21 | Would you drive me to the British Embassy ? ’ |
| 22 | I 'll drive us to the rear door of a Doc Barnado 's or something . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You can drive us to the front door of a pharmacy . |