Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me into " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You invent , or goad me into , some failing to give you cause for complaint , so that you can then screw around with a clear conscience . |
| 2 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 3 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 4 | My final choice from last week 's ‘ Independent ’ was the example that provoked me into attempting this subject in the first place . |
| 5 | I 've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger . |
| 6 | so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’ |
| 7 | IT ALWAYS used to be Chrismuzak — the sound of synthesised carols in stores and malls — that turned me into a Scrooge . |
| 8 | It 's trying to be nice to people that gets me into trouble — and it does n't help the people either . |
| 9 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |
| 10 | Conservative loyalists said Mr Tebbit had made a blunder , but he showed no sign of backing off from ‘ one of the things that brought me into politics — the belief that immigration should be reduced ’ . |
| 11 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 12 | Then I remembered the £500-worth of photographic gear in my fishing bag , and the thought of damaging that galvanised me into action . |
| 13 | IT WAS a two-part induction process that dragged me into the brawling hostelry in the sky of NME Towers . |
| 14 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 15 | He sifted through junk shops for cardigans , jackets and hats for the sketches by day and pinned me into paper versions of the dresses by night . |
| 16 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 17 | Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while . |
| 18 | From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ . |
| 19 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 20 | They hurried into the room and bundled me into my clothes and stretchered me into the garden . |
| 21 | They hurried into the room and bundled me into my clothes and stretchered me into the garden . |
| 22 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 23 | The guards and police took me completely outside the town and put me into some weird hotel that looked like a Holiday Inn , but it was in the middle of the woods . |
| 24 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |
| 25 | Rachel touches my arm and leads me into a corner , where we drink our coffees quietly , like strangers at a wake . |
| 26 | ‘ I was walking home from school and a masked man grabbed me and hauled me into a car . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , come inside and have a cup of tea , ’ she said , and showed me into the front room of the house . |
| 28 | We walked past three doors , then he opened the next and showed me into the study . |
| 29 | ‘ One good thing to come out of it was that it inspired me to play guitar and turned me into the person I am . ’ |
| 30 | Her voice was thin and cold , the way I like it After a while she cooed and cursed me into peace . |