Example sentences of "[verb] they into the [noun pl] of " in BNC.

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1 Finally at the field of Maledor at the very entrance to the passes of Nagarythe Caledor faced the Witch King himself in battle and defeated the mightiest of his armies , driving them into the marshes of Maledor .
2 Buy a packet of nasturtium seeds and pop them into the sides of hanging baskets .
3 Yet here was this unkempt figure , his long hair lank on his shoulders , leading them into the jaws of the unknown and sounding like a Bible prophet .
4 When he reached the table , he wrenched the flowers form their display and threw them into the rows of assembled journalists .
5 Far better to broaden their remit through touring , education work , equal opportunities , it argues , than to cut them off and drive them into the arms of market forces .
6 There are people who go about liberating tame animals into the wild , stealing koi carp from ornamental ponds , for example , and releasing them in lakes , where the pike will quickly re-initiate them into the rhythms of nature .
7 They both had to resign their chief fortress , Turenne and the citadel of Limoges , delivering them into the hands of Richard 's officers .
8 Then she injects them into the nostrils of an unfortunate sheep where they quickly start feeding on the membranes lining their host 's sinuses .
9 All the paperwork had been removed and burnt , but the caravan had been the working place of the squadron — the squadron headquarters in other words — and so against the CO 's most urgent requests and orders the airman turned the tractor round and raced back , grabbing " Jane " and her pants off the caravan wall , thrusting them into the arms of the CO and then retraced his steps in the direction of El Alamein .
10 I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing .
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