Example sentences of "[verb] me to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 10 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 11 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 12 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 13 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 17 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 18 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |
| 19 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 25 | ‘ Get me to a fucking hospital , ’ he said , frantically shaking the arm of the man who sat next to him . |
| 26 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
| 27 | Morning by morning in my regular reading , which at the time was in the Song of Songs , I heard the Lord calling me to a new stage in ministry . |
| 28 | Another twenty minutes of this reduces me to a disorientated wreck , near to tears and vomiting . |
| 29 | And he takes me to an Italian restaurant in Mitcham . |
| 30 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |