Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] me [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 2 | An ‘ undred years ago they would ‘ ave ‘ anged me on the spot or sent me off to Australia , so I ca n't complain . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you all right , darling ? ’ he asked , and led me along to my son 's house ! |
| 4 | Do n't try and make me out to be some kind of embittered nut compensating for an unsatisfactory sex-life . ’ |
| 5 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 6 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 7 | Did a year and a half there and then er promoted me and moved me back to Newark . |
| 8 | He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope . |
| 9 | Then she got a brand new Ford Fiesta out of the garage and drove me back to where I 'd left Armstrong in Leytonstone . |
| 10 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |
| 11 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 12 | Then he turned to me , apologising for keeping me waiting , and showed me in to his office . |
| 13 | When I got home Mum was acting very strangely and frogmarched me off to Derek 's house . |
| 14 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 15 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 16 | A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) . |
| 17 | First she was terrified there was a burglar , then when she 'd searched the house from top to bottom she got mad and shoved me back to bed . |
| 18 | And sent me down to down to er down to what 's the name of the place now ? |
| 19 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 20 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 21 | When I left , my place was taken by a dog : ‘ He took me over completely , and came everywhere but to Church with me , and saw me back to the hotel at night . |
| 22 | " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 23 | Finally a soldier arrived and took me back to the Star Room . |
| 24 | She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse . |
| 25 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 26 | Just as I was myself going to be killed , the village people managed to save me and take me up to the mountain , but I had lost too much blood and died anyway . |
| 27 | ‘ Jack wanted to leave a message and take me back to the auberge . |
| 28 | I could always phone up my mum and get can you pick me up from the Galleria and take me back to Haileybury please . |
| 29 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 30 | Grant calls out to me , and waves me back to safety as he sees it . |