Example sentences of "[vb base] me in a " in BNC.

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1 And wrapt me in a gown .
2 Bring me in a cuppa , Debbie , will you ? ’
3 While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate .
4 It was bad enough finding the poor bugger ; to be suspected of carving him up put me in a right tizzy !
5 They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours .
6 I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown .
7 But they always gave me the choice first and put me in a dilemma , though I did n't know the meaning of the word then .
8 S'pose they take me down an' put me in a line-up .
9 So they put me in a detention centre for six months .
10 I was still under a care order so the Social Services put me in a hostel .
11 They took me to Lochleven Castle , and put me in a room like a prison .
12 Then they put me in a room and asked me questions .
13 A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring .
14 ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that .
15 I , put me in a detention centre because I was shoplifting and I did n't like it there so I left !
16 They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks .
17 ‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’
18 When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns .
19 So they took me into care and put me in an assessment centre in Sydenham Hill for six months .
20 You put me in an embarrassing position . ’
21 Put me in an aeroplane !
22 Meet me in an hour at the top of the Opera House , on the tenth floor .
23 The DoE tell me in a letter that they are free from indemnity .
24 Tell me in a bit Emma .
25 Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that .
26 And believe me in a couple of weeks after we got the slate for him .
27 Ask me in a year or two 's time ’ she replied .
28 No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks
29 Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we 're outside ?
30 His palms cradle me in a green cup
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