Example sentences of "[verb] i to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 3 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 4 | I skulked down one side of the garden and went through the arch which led me to a walled garden in the middle of which there was a fountain playing . |
| 5 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 6 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 7 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 8 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station . |
| 13 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 14 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 15 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year . |
| 18 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 19 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 20 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 21 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 22 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 27 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 28 | What really attracted me to the whole idea was that June said : ‘ Personally I think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread . ’ |
| 29 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 30 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |