Example sentences of "[vb past] me on " in BNC.
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| 1 | That young girl yesterday led me on , whatever she says . |
| 2 | She led me on , instructing me , indicating her desires with soft tweaks and softer pats . |
| 3 | You encouraged me , you led me on . |
| 4 | Now you 're trying to say that you led me on out of concern for him — ’ |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | No , it 's Greg and you that got me on to saying that . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just this is n't the straightforward gig Trefusis sold me on . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |
| 11 | Every time I heard her it really turned me on . |
| 12 | At school , I 'd write rude poems for my mates so , when a teacher turned me on to Linton Kwesi Johnson , it was like ‘ Yes ! ’ ’ |
| 13 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 14 | ‘ He really turned me on to geography . |
| 15 | No I had a Group Manager who actually introduced me to this , I erm , I work out with him , but , he brought a , actually what turned me on to this was the fact that erm , where he is , he 's thirty six now , and erm , he 's got no mortgages , he 's got a , he paid eleven thousand pounds for a , a Kawasaki Z Z eleven hundred R super bike , worth that is |
| 16 | It really did turn me on and after the first time I done it it it turned me on so much I come . |
| 17 | But in a way , the criticism spurred me on . |
| 18 | They would ask me how the training was going from time to time and this interest spurred me on . |
| 19 | ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’ |
| 20 | The ghosts followed me on and off to Laggan Locks and into a liquid gold evening walk over to Invergarry , to the west of the canal and Loch Oich . |
| 21 | The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night . |
| 22 | We went straight to my home , and there , before my parents , Leslie pulled me on to his knee and said : ‘ Will you marry me ? ’ |
| 23 | Having got there , I felt like resting , but curiosity pulled me on to my feet . |
| 24 | Someone else was going to do this one and then they suddenly switched me on to it . ’ |
| 25 | The Austrian officials were quite another matter ; middle-aged , self-confident , well dressed and courteous , they enquired how long I intended to stay , glanced in the boot , and waved me on with the hope that I would enjoy my stay . |
| 26 | Rapt , ecstatic , she willed me on to ever-greater feats of ardour . |
| 27 | He guided me on to the terrace to share a bottle of one of his finest vintages . |
| 28 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
| 29 | but he kept me on to get me through Christmas you know things like that . |
| 30 | That 's exactly what happened to me , three years ago , when the largest company in the United Kingdom , British Petroleum , took me on to run a new venture . |