Example sentences of "[vb past] me into [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems at first quite astonishing to learn that neither the inventory in Jacques 's marriage contract nor that made after death provides any evidence that he was a flute-player or maker ; they seem to contradict the generally held view that he was a maker - a view which is supported by an entry in von Uffenbach 's diary which records a visit he paid Jacques in 1715 : ‘ He [ Jacques ] led me into a tidy room and showed me there many beautiful transverse flutes that he himself makes and from which he wishes to gain special profit . ’ |
| 2 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 3 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 4 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 5 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 6 | A Reception lady showed me into a tiny broadcasting room full of switched-off microphones . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , come inside and have a cup of tea , ’ she said , and showed me into the front room of the house . |
| 8 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 9 | I ca n't sleep at night for that baby crying , I ca n't breathe in the daytime for that stench of tallow coming out of their back door — and one of his customers brushed me into the dusty street the other day … |
| 10 | He pulled me into the tiny kitchen . |
| 11 | As for the merits of the original illustrations as works of art , to my own taste at least the first impressions were of a certain period quality — with Wade 's occasional curvaceous nudes and sports car profiles intruded into the abstract geometries bringing memories of Victor Vasarely 's more lamentable lapses into commercial vulgarity , In the end , however , Wade 's sheer enthusiasm and invention persuaded me into a renewed fascination . |
| 12 | The social pressures of my peers precipitated me into a frenzied bout of heterosexuality , usually accompanied by drunkenness . |
| 13 | What sent me into a fear-filled frenzy was the news — hidden somewhere between a report on the seasonal suicide rate and an article on bogus Santas — that I had bought a ride-on fire engine for my baby son that had a dangerous fault and should be returned to the manufacturers immediately . |
| 14 | I climbed into my paper nightie and was helped on to a narrow trolley by a second Farrah Fawcett blow-up doll ( but punctured ) , then gazed adoringly up the nose of a Greek god as he wheeled me into an open lift and down to the basement operating theatre to a waiting : ‘ Hi , I 'm Andy , your anaesthesiologist . ’ |
| 15 | When Jean-Claude emerged from the hide-out , he held out his arm and dragged me into the dark cave . |
| 16 | ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink . |