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

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1 There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house .
2 You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything .
3 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 .
4 Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom .
5 The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom .
6 He led me into the hut he had just come out of
7 She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios .
8 She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby .
9 And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range .
10 ‘ This got me into the very comfortable American hospital , where I was well pampered .
11 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 .
12 It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van .
13 ‘ You seem determined to drive me into the arms of easier women , Meredith . ’
14 He could n't have rushed passed me into the bedroom , seized the bottle as a convenient weapon — he could n't have known it was there , anyway — and then dashed back out to hit me before dragging me … do you see what I 'm saying ? ’
15 The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio .
16 In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome .
17 Her daughter invited me into the house , as one of her mother 's friends , to see the body .
18 ‘ 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 .
19 From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ .
20 At one point on the next night Jordi drew me into the shadows and to my astonishment produced a vicious-looking switch-blade knife , warning me never to look at another man in his presence .
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 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 . ’
23 It was nearly forty years later that I met the man who had carried me into the only half track we had left and who reassured me .
24 Crilly tries to coax me into the booth but I shrug out from under his arms and make an excuse about the family .
25 There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ .
26 Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’
27 Afterwards , when I continued to sob as children do , she would order me to stop or she would ‘ stomp me into the ground ’ .
28 Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist .
29 I am indebted to husband John for pushing me into the purchase at a time I obviously needed the machine but was not very full of vim and zip to get it and learn it .
30 Oh you want to walk on that , oh Charlotte come on then , you 're pushing me into the road .
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