Example sentences of "she [vb past] me [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool .
3 She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby .
4 She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle .
5 She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door .
6 The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate .
7 She had such colour , such brightness , that sometimes she reminded me of the whirling mosaics , except that she was n't fragmented but unusually complete .
8 Padding out as silently as she came , she left me to the early morning quiet .
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