Example sentences of "[vb past] me to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 3 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 7 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 11 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |
| 12 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
| 16 | She left us there a few minutes , then , coming to the door , beckoned me to the next room . |
| 17 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |
| 18 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 19 | She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the outer door . |
| 20 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 21 | A splendid , concise article in your Apr 26 Business section alerted me to the underhand profiteering of at least one of the high street banks at its farmer customers ' expense before the scandal broke in the national press and before the Chancellor of the Exchequer carpeted the bank bosses . |
| 22 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 23 | The gate porter brought me to the main entrance , and I was shown into a small pleasant office in the front of the administrative block . |
| 24 | On the second evening of my visit he took me to a literary party given by the Chicago Tribune in honour of Carl Sandberg in the sumptuous lounge of a club called ‘ The 333 ’ ( at 333 Michigan Boulevard ) . |
| 25 | We were delighted , and at a convenient interlude she took me to a favourite uncle , an Air Vice-Marshal . |
| 26 | One Saturday a woman came in and took me to a big room where there was another woman with two children . |
| 27 | They took me to a secret prison and raped me over and over again by forcing the barrel of a gun into me . |
| 28 | ‘ As I was saying , I went round and Daddy took me to a French restaurant he knew . ’ |
| 29 | He took me to a waiting Jaguar equipped with air conditioning , stereo system , and a very pretty girl : ‘ at my disposal for the rest of my stay ’ . |
| 30 | They took me to an enormous wall built of Pelasgian blocks . |