Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me into the " in BNC.

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1 She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool .
2 She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios .
3 She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby .
4 You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything .
5 She drew me into the kitchen and stretched out her arms , leaning backward a bit , and said , ‘ How I love people who say ‘ Yes ’ to life . ’
6 Obeying some primitive burrowing instinct , she pulled me into the loo and locked the door behind us .
7 She said nothing to me and after rehearsals I was still standing there ; I 'd done nothing all morning , and she called me into the office .
8 She took me into the first-floor front room , where my father had already been laid out in his coffin .
9 She took me into the nurses ' changing-room .
10 I 'll bet she thinks that directly she lets me into the A.R.R.U. I 'll do a Charlie Peters !
11 She invites me into the living room , pours me a coffee , sits down beside me , slips her shoes off and groans about the working day she has just been through .
12 While she made tea with her usual haphazard efficiency , she put me into the picture .
13 She follows me into the room and plants herself square in the middle of one of the sofas , leaving me to pace back and forth across the thick carpet while I deliver my diatribe .
14 ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men .
15 That was a lot of money in those days and the others were so impressed , they took me into the sing-song and had me elected by acclamation . ’
16 The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’
17 ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy .
18 But Campbell said : ‘ It 's not a case of him talking me into the move .
19 WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently .
20 He led me into the hut he had just come out of
21 He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on .
22 When I saw Dr Wardle he booked me into the Princess Grace Hospital the following Wednesday .
23 He showed me into the lounge .
24 ‘ I immediately offered him a cup of tea or coffee and he followed me into the kitchen , ’ says Lynsey .
25 He takes me into the hospitality room and pours me a drink .
26 He pulled me into the tiny kitchen .
27 Anyway , the Old Man — well , he called me into the Sanctum this morning and said , had I heard anything from you , and I said no , and he said silly bitch , or words to that effect — with which I agree — said he 'd told you you should keep in touch with me .
28 I was in the kitchen when he played it back on the TV — I remember that day so well — and he called me into the living room to take a look .
29 I do n't know what it was about , but I know that it shocked me into the sort of terror that I did n't know I was capable of .
30 ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said .
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