Example sentences of "[verb] me on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'd say nine out of ten , cos I have n't heard about what turns me on yet . |
| 2 | ‘ Turns me on ? ’ |
| 3 | But it turns me on just to hear you say it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's my girl , get tipsy and aggressive , you know it turns me on . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You know how the sun always turns me on . |
| 6 | This cake turns me on . |
| 7 | And it is true that , I mean , well , you know , I 've spent a lot of time reviving typefaces that are not around , I mean , you know , propping them up , creating a waxed edition , sort of Madam Tussauds version of Lucien or something , but it 's very interesting — there is not , in type development terms , there is n't a whole lot that has happened after the Second World War that really turns me on . |
| 8 | Personal reflection helps me discover my whereabouts and articulating this with another encourages me on . |
| 9 | That young girl yesterday led me on , whatever she says . |
| 10 | She led me on , instructing me , indicating her desires with soft tweaks and softer pats . |
| 11 | You encouraged me , you led me on . |
| 12 | Now you 're trying to say that you led me on out of concern for him — ’ |
| 13 | If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ? |
| 14 | No , it 's Greg and you that got me on to saying that . |
| 15 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 16 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 17 | Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race . |
| 18 | I felt myself in suspension , waiting without fear for some impulse to drive me on . |
| 19 | felt too tired to drive me on to ESF 's house , so I got there by bus , or rather by two buses ( an easy change ) , the first starting from about a hundred yards from and the other stopping just behind the Zoo by Primrose Hill and only a few minutes from Eduardo . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's just this is n't the straightforward gig Trefusis sold me on . ’ |
| 21 | I caught it with the jet of flame and it zipped off out of range , heading for the water by the side of the hill the savage buck had attacked me on . |
| 22 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 23 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 24 | Some more guests arrived and pushed by me , pushing me on to her . |
| 25 | It was my desire to be active , to earn my way in life , which encouraged me into these new fields , that is it was a positive impulse which drove me on . |
| 26 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 27 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 28 | Now that does bring me on to another important issue , and this is the definition of integrated er and balanced community . |
| 29 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 30 | Mine varied from too large to too small but I was encouraged by the laughter of the women around me and their urging me on with ‘ good , good ’ or ‘ work , work ’ . |