Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] me to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took me in his mouth and carried me to his master . |
| 2 | A bright-red saloon car zoomed past from the south and shot me to my feet with my arms waving wildly . |
| 3 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 4 | As I took my place in the darkened centre stage for the opening of the first act , and the lights slowly came up , I saw a sight which I 've never seen before , a sight which chilled me to the marrow and froze me to the spot . |
| 5 | Shine through the storm and point me to the skies . |
| 6 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 7 | Richard played me their record and invited me to the end of recording party . |
| 8 | ‘ Could you close the shop and drive me to Dublin ? ’ |
| 9 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 10 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 11 | He grabbed my elbow and dragged me to the door . |
| 12 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 13 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 14 | He saw the wisdom of this ploy and invited me to his next fight , when he lost his title . |
| 15 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 16 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 17 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , she came to my door and invited me to dinner . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll forgive you if you find me a taxi that will take me back to pick up my baggage and get me to the airport on time . ’ |
| 20 | The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door . |
| 21 | I accepted Benjamin 's words but , when I questioned him on why I should wear it , he just smiled , waved a bony hand and told me to be patient . |
| 22 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 23 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 24 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 25 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
| 26 | She smilingly explains that the scanner is a sort of lie-down X-ray and leads me to a narrow bed that slides inch by inch through what looks like a dry-cleaning machine . |
| 27 | He met me after school and accompanied me to the newly opened branch of Smith 's in Churchill Square . |
| 28 | He put an arm around my shoulder and steered me to one of the leather sofas which had a girl where other sofas have cushions . |
| 29 | It was a costly venture , of course , since Tonga is a very great distance from almost everywhere ; but a glossy journal owned by an extremely wealthy New Yorker thought that a visit to ‘ The Island Where Time Starts ’ could make an agreeable tale , therefore handed me a sheaf of air tickets and a small sum in hard currency and told me to be on my way . |
| 30 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |