Example sentences of "[verb] me to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 3 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 4 | I skulked down one side of the garden and went through the arch which led me to a walled garden in the middle of which there was a fountain playing . |
| 5 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 6 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 7 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 8 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 9 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 10 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 11 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 12 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 13 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 14 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 15 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 19 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 20 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 21 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |
| 22 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 23 | He either kicked me under the table or something and we were sitting across from each other … just a foot or two , and he passed it over , directed me to the top paragraph and had an expression of this was a surprising entry . |
| 24 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 25 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |
| 26 | The lights were on over the airfield when we landed and ‘ Deemy ’ showed me to the Russian equivalent of the American B.O.Q. adjoining a very handsome and well-furnished Officers ' Lounge and Recreation Room . |
| 27 | She smilingly explains that the scanner is a sort of lie-down X-ray and leads me to a narrow bed that slides inch by inch through what looks like a dry-cleaning machine . |
| 28 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 29 | McDunn introduces me to the other officers . |
| 30 | ‘ Get me to a fucking hospital , ’ he said , frantically shaking the arm of the man who sat next to him . |