Example sentences of "[vb pp] me to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 2 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 3 | Taking up residence in Colchester went very well — though I was a bit surprised to find that the ‘ de-skilling ’ process mentioned by the resettlement officer had indeed affected me to some extent . |
| 4 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , he knows all the VIPs , ’ she says , ‘ and he 's even introduced me to some of them . |
| 6 | The displacement looked to be of considerable extent , much larger than the chunk of 2020 which had brought me to 1816 , or the chunk of some mysterious medieval land which had arrived earlier on my front doorstep . |
| 7 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 8 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 9 | It was Laura who had first recruited me to this task , she who had seen that I might be involved . |