Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 4 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 5 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |
| 6 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 7 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 8 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 9 | The trials of his childhood and teenage years turned him into the perfect Prince , but they did not alter his fundamental nature . |
| 10 | The startled shopper handed it into the local police station . |
| 11 | We talked a little till her cries took her into the little theatre . |
| 12 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 13 | Patrick followed her into the front room , his eyes taking in her home . |
| 14 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 15 | I ca n't sleep at night for that baby crying , I ca n't breathe in the daytime for that stench of tallow coming out of their back door — and one of his customers brushed me into the dusty street the other day … |
| 16 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |
| 17 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 18 | Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness . |
| 19 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
| 20 | As well as updating its RISC System/6000 series with new machines designed specifically for commercial , technical and parallel computing markets ( UX No 420 ) , the company last week pitched itself into the thick of the Unix workstation price war with the introduction of a sub-$4,000 offering . |
| 21 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 22 | Ideas flew from Lucy 's lips , Jay worked them into the right phrase , the right analogy . |
| 23 | The truth is that the social sciences reflected the pre-conceptions and problems of bourgeois liberalism in its classic form , which was not found in Germany , where bourgeois society inserted itself into the Bismarckian framework of aristocrats and bureaucrats . |
| 24 | In his last years , Gresham 's fame as a magician drew him into the sordid court intrigues surrounding the divorce of Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | Three victories took him into the overall lead with 97 points by Christmas . |
| 26 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 27 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 28 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 29 | A steady rise up the legal ladder took him into the commercial law field and a range of broader experience as a member of both the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( 1966 to 1969 ) and a legal member of the mental health tribunal for 22 years until 1982 . |
| 30 | In 1896 the fourth Congress resolved itself into the first National Council with a permanent staff and offices , at first in Birmingham and then in the Congregationalists ' London headquarters , Memorial Hall . |