Example sentences of "he [vb past] me to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement . |
2 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
3 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
4 | He led me to a long , low building . |
5 | Then he invited me to a gypsy baptism which was to be held that night in the suburb of Vallecas . |
6 | He referred me to a specialist , and shortly after my twenty-first birthday I went into hospital for tests . |
7 | He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year . |
8 | ‘ He condemned me to a kind of living death with my guilt — my shame . |
9 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
10 | There , I asked the proprietor if there were any really old places I could visit and he directed me to a farm called La Valdieu . |
11 | He threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
12 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
13 | He pulled me to a halt and said , ‘ Willie , stand here for a minute . |
14 | He waved me to a halt , and then proceeded to ask why on earth I , a gringo , had driven all this way , to what was evidently one of the least visited and least remarkable villages in all Panama . |
15 | Later he called me to a meeting of the Executive Council and asked me to say what I thought the principles of the Department should be and how they could be implemented . |
16 | He took me to a pie and mash shop on Hammersmith Broadway . |
17 | On the second evening of my visit he took me to a literary party given by the Chicago Tribune in honour of Carl Sandberg in the sumptuous lounge of a club called ‘ The 333 ’ ( at 333 Michigan Boulevard ) . |
18 | He took me to a lorry driver 's cafe next door . |
19 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
20 | So he took me to a butcher shoppe with a bacon slicer in it and you know it turned out that he was right aftr all . |
21 | He took me to a church where the other forty-four members of the Bulgarian Monarchist Front were mustered outside the front doors . |
22 | He did , he took me to a concert , to hear the Russians play Shostakovich . |
23 | When he took me to a football match we saw Paul Gascoigne and I was allowed to go on the pitch . |
24 | He took me to a mountain hut where he lit a fire . |
25 | He took me to a waiting Jaguar equipped with air conditioning , stereo system , and a very pretty girl : ‘ at my disposal for the rest of my stay ’ . |
26 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
27 | He took me to the farmer , who soon realized that I was not an animal , but an intelligent being . |
28 | He took me to the Paris Zoo . |
29 | But I kept on thinking , he took me to the concert , and he came back here to her . |
30 | He took me to the BBC Studios in Shepherd 's Bush and I was introduced to the lady producer , who was charming . |