Example sentences of "[verb] me to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | waves push me to the side |
| 2 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 4 | I tried to marry this judgment with the memory of the sturdy young woman I 'd seen joking in the glade ; who had come breezily into The Pightle telling me to water the plants and daring me to a duel of wits with Edward ; who had seemed so certain of me over against his cautious vacillation. fragile was not the first word that would have occurred to me , unless I had overlooked something vital — something which , I remembered , Bob had noted . |
| 5 | The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans … |
| 6 | ‘ I was really lucky because I had a really great mother who would expose me to a lot of really great things . |
| 7 | A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book , and a glance at the contents will expose me to the scorn of local patriots who will see , with incredulous rage , that on many an occasion I passed silently through their favourite village . |
| 8 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 9 | You can bloody well treat me to a couple of Cokes when the shops open . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 11 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 12 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 13 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 14 | I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes . |
| 15 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 16 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 17 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 18 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
| 19 | Instead of going over to Pyke , Terry led me to a corner table among the old men who drank alone every night , and there he calmly sucked his roll-ups as we sipped our usual pint with a whisky chaser . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll call back at noon , ’ he said to the buttons on her breast pockets , and she led me to a changing room full of paper nighties before turning to greet the next chicken on the conveyor belt and rewinding the tape to : ‘ Hi there , welcome to Surgicentre . |
| 21 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 22 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 23 | Harvey led me to a room which he unlocked with a key . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ The warder came and told me to dress and led me to an officer of the court , ’ the small , self-effacing lawyer recalled in an interview on Saturday . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Mrs Aboud led me to the balcony from where it was evident that many of the surrounding buildings — like those elsewhere in the Arab quarter — had been devastated , their roofs smashed in and their windows punched out of their frames . |
| 28 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 29 | I checked my hexagram against the index , which led me to the pages headed Ta Kuo : Preponderance of the Great . |
| 30 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |