Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] me to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 2 | Well , as no-one 'ad bought any of me violets or treated me to a sandwich , and me near dyin' of starvation , with no job and no lodgings , well , I was so desperate I went up and grabbed the wallet , which Blackbeard was wavin' about at Dan Pearson . |
| 3 | Or ask me to ? ’ |
| 4 | [ She ] … will not interpret my sharing of my pain as an assault , she will not turn away or urge me to be strong , or murmur some expression of sympathy or swallow hard because there is , finally , nothing to say to someone who is beyond comfort though not beyond caring . |
| 5 | It was like every time I got a letter or an insinuation from him that he cared , or that he really loved me or wanted me to be with him , it shocked me because he was n't good at showing that . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 9 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 10 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 11 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 12 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 13 | At noon Sir Michael Adeane rang up and asked me to be at the Palace at 2 o'clock . |
| 14 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 15 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 16 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 19 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 20 | Richard played me their record and invited me to the end of recording party . |
| 21 | She had sent volunteers out to botanise , and invited me to coffee in the Harris Hotel . |
| 22 | I must have kept my end up successfully , though , for just before he left Dennis sought me out and invited me to dinner the following Friday . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , she came to my door and invited me to dinner . ’ |
| 24 | He saw the wisdom of this ploy and invited me to his next fight , when he lost his title . |
| 25 | Tim Pollard , the Marketing Director , even extended the courtesy of collecting me from and returning me to Birmingham Airport . |
| 26 | He has a weasel face and subjects me to piercing scrutiny . |
| 27 | In the end I was again rescued by the housekeeper , Zillah , who ordered away the dogs and helped me to my feet . |
| 28 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 29 | He said as much when he got up and drove me to the airport . ’ |
| 30 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |