Example sentences of "[vb past] them into " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is they who plucked starving kids from the back streets and made them into heroes before they sank into oblivion mentally and metaphorically . |
| 2 | None the less , their ability to achieve rapid movements not only in battle but , more important , before it , and to act in unison with the men-at-arms ( who were also mounted ) made them into ‘ by far the most important element in the armies which fought in France ’ . |
| 3 | Thus the dealers were forced to bluff the more , which amazingly , made them into more effective salesmen . |
| 4 | The people who suffer if they are broken are not the owners , the shareholders or the board of directors , but those who work in the industry — people who have given their lives to that industry , built up the companies ' assets and made them into going concerns attractive for privatisation . |
| 5 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 6 | when they wore thin on the end and we had to put a new link in we never threw the two halves of the link away , we pointed them and made them into staples . |
| 7 | and it 's the literacy that just de made them into child adults |
| 8 | In the late 1980s the Cubans manipulated them into a needless confrontation in Angola , which lasted much longer than it should have done because , this time , the Washington team was clumsier . |
| 9 | Because they worked for large , modern firms , the state was closely involved with their employers , which meant their industrial grievances led them into conflict with the state . |
| 10 | He led them into the mortuary , and pulled the sheet back from the body of the girl . |
| 11 | He led them into a room overlooking an attractive courtyard , with a paved area surrounded by shrubs . |
| 12 | But travellers in Latin America in the early twentieth century found there stations which led them into rhapsodies of praise . |
| 13 | Kings led them into battle for the land ( e.g. 2 Kings 8 ) and prophets pointed them to a righteousness that would bring them to a new highway , a land where mountains would be levelled , rough places smoothed ( Is. 40.4 ) , and the Prince of Peace would establish his kingdom . |
| 14 | Their critical comments about Marxism-Leninism led them into confrontation with the college authorities , who failed to bring the students back into line . |
| 15 | Perhaps even more than in the case of energising Anglican evangelical clergymen like William Marsh , in the ranks of evangelical nonconformity the powerful leadership of some ministers shaped the attitudes of chapel communities and led them into collaboration across denominational and church/chapel lines . |
| 16 | He then led them into the Catherine Palace , once more brandishing his authority whenever an official came forward to stop them . |
| 17 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 18 | A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium . |
| 19 | He led them into the kitchen , chatting to Blanche and Dexter as if they were house guests rather than police officers who had come to interview him about a murder . |
| 20 | Lady Macleod received the travellers in ‘ a stately dining-room ’ , fed them and led them into the drawing-room for tea to meet the family . |
| 21 | ‘ We are a scientific community , ’ he said as he led them into a dismal cavernous hall , ‘ and also a spiritual one . ’ |
| 22 | He led them into a small , more comfortable room behind the great hall where a fire burnt in the canopied hearth ; it was cosier and not so forbidding , with its wood-panelled walls and high-backed chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the hearth . |
| 23 | Now that those people have run up those enormous debts , where are the Labour Members of Parliament who led them into that position ? |
| 24 | The then politicians led them into battle without the right equipment and without a proper defence agreement . |
| 25 | Flunkeys led them into a private part of La Noblesse where they were warmly greeted by an expansive Grunte , who presented the ladies with a flower and with grave courtesy showed each to her seat . |
| 26 | This led them into feeling that airlines and motor car manufacturers were their main competitors since they took passengers away . |
| 27 | As he led them into his large and sunny sitting-room , his scalp gleamed in the light . |
| 28 | As the Galks led them into the desert , the travellers could see the Cun arguing with the skull people , trying to reclaim their raw meat . |
| 29 | It broke the concentration of my players and led them into serious defensive errors . |
| 30 | A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John . |