Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One group dismissed the Prime Minister 's offer as an attempt to co-opt him into the ruling Chart Thai party and thus disarm his independent political ambitions . |
| 2 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 3 | Dathan and Abiram challenge Moses on the grounds of high-handedness and his failure to bring them into the promised land ( 13–14 ) . |
| 4 | The staves were subjected to heat , usually from a small fire of shavings to form them into the characteristic shape . |
| 5 | Efforts to turn him into the new Olivier met a similar fate . |
| 6 | An ANC statement on Jan. 27 expressed regret that the PAC was controlled by hostile forces , and that efforts to bring it into the main course of the armed struggle had failed . |
| 7 | SCIENTISTS on Orkney will today attempt to use sexual attraction to lead six male sperm whales to freedom by playing them female whale song to tempt them into the open sea . |
| 8 | So Swindon have a new man to lead them into the Premier League . |
| 9 | R4 THIS MORNING SAYS DON HOWE IS ANOTHER LIKELY CANDIDATE TO TAKE US INTO THE NEW YEAR . |
| 10 | The otter was the only strictly European species to make it into the overall ‘ Top 10 ’ , though badger , fox and hedgehog all got as far as the top 20 . |
| 11 | Sally is studying for Art A-level and doing computer courses to take her into the high tech world of 1990s textile design . |
| 12 | He watched the young nun usher his two companions away and allowed Lady Amelia to take him into the small chamber , really no more than a cell with a table , stool and truckle bed . |
| 13 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 14 | He has the ability to get you into the right frame of mind , to get you mentally prepared . |
| 15 | However , Britain struggled elsewhere with Christian Burge , fourth on the boys sailboard , the only other team member to make it into the top half of the fleet . |
| 16 | But it is a deeply conservative trade which has resolutely resisted most attempts to bring it into the twentieth century , to make it more efficient , or to make access to the law more available to the ordinary citizen . |
| 17 | You will probably need to push or pull it to overcome a detent to move it into the macro position . |
| 18 | Will he consider bringing the Conservative party , and talking to the Scottish National party to bring it into the Scottish Constitutional Convention so that we can then have a genuine debate on which way the constitution of Scotland should go ? |