Example sentences of "[verb] i to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 3 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 5 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 6 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 7 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 8 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 9 | Ellen had gone to her one-room apartment in town while Thessy was reading his Bible in the main-cabin , so I heated myself some baked beans in Wavebreaker 's microwave , spread them on buttered toast , soaked them in brown sauce , then ate a morose supper on deck until the bugs drove me to the screened sanctuary of the staterooms below . |
| 10 | The Australian representative of the Mission , who drove me to the Southern Cross Hotel in Sydney , explained that the Mantela , a Sanderstown boat of 5,000 tons which normally plied between the islands , had just finished a refit in Sydney and was about to sail two days after my arrival . |
| 11 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 12 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 13 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |
| 14 | He either kicked me under the table or something and we were sitting across from each other … just a foot or two , and he passed it over , directed me to the top paragraph and had an expression of this was a surprising entry . |
| 15 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 16 | The lights were on over the airfield when we landed and ‘ Deemy ’ showed me to the Russian equivalent of the American B.O.Q. adjoining a very handsome and well-furnished Officers ' Lounge and Recreation Room . |
| 17 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 18 | McDunn introduces me to the other officers . |
| 19 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
| 20 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |
| 21 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 22 | To fly me to the small airport outside Freiburg near the Black Forest . ’ |
| 23 | She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the outer door . |
| 24 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 25 | A splendid , concise article in your Apr 26 Business section alerted me to the underhand profiteering of at least one of the high street banks at its farmer customers ' expense before the scandal broke in the national press and before the Chancellor of the Exchequer carpeted the bank bosses . |
| 26 | The primary entry was a compositional definition , but two of seven further entries did take me to the deep mantle . |
| 27 | Perhaps tomorrow you will take me to the National Gallery ? |
| 28 | And it was indescribably eerie — so that I almost began to wonder if Posi had brought me to the right planet . |
| 29 | Those amiable but blatantly incompetent buffoons have brought me to the wrong fucking airport ! |
| 30 | The big boys tried to make me feel at home by taking me to the greasy spoon for a pie but what did I care for food as the table rang with drug quips and acerbic one-liners about Danielle Dax from Gavin Martin , James Brown and Danny Kelly . |