Example sentences of "[to-vb] i [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Knocked on the door , said she 'd come to drive me up to the county ground , had a picnic in the car and she hoped I was ready . ’ |
| 2 | I want you to drive me down to the railway station in about half an hour . ’ |
| 3 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 4 | Mrs Rumney was shout to lead me through to the kitchen when the door burst open and Cedric bounded delightedly into the midst of the company . |
| 5 | On the third evening , I was sitting drinking alone and started talking to a man who offered to walk me back to the hotel . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps you could lend me a servant to guide me back to the Grange ? ’ |
| 8 | I want two things from an aeroplane : I want it to fly me up to the enemy , and then lie still while I shoot the enemy down . ’ |
| 9 | " Mum used to send me down to the job centre for jobs . |
| 10 | Each evening when we tidied away our papers I expected Edward to invite me over to the Lodge for a drink or a meal , and the invitation was not extended . |
| 11 | Nine hundred of the strongest men worked for about three hours to lift me on to the platform , and one thousand five hundred of the King 's largest horses ( each eleven and a half centimetres high ) pulled me to the capital . |
| 12 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 13 | The big , light-hungry leaves were almost black now as I walked briskly back along the path searching for the track to take me back to the lodge . |
| 14 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 15 | It was Edna , my nursemaid , who used to take me down to the beach where we lived . |
| 16 | As Glumdalclitch was ill , I asked a young servant to take me down to the beach for some fresh air . |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't see too well with my contact lens cataracts , and the crew would walk me over to the wheelchair where they had to wheel me on to the sound stage . |
| 18 | Signora Puglia was consulted and she suggested that she should give me private lessons after school to bring me up to the standard of the others . |