Example sentences of "[verb] him into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ] . |
| 2 | The victory , the 18th of Kite 's career , was worth $198,000 and lifted him into the top spot on this year 's US Tour money-winning list with $292,361 . |
| 3 | Would you have made him into the working-class Christopher Fry ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The trials of his childhood and teenage years turned him into the perfect Prince , but they did not alter his fundamental nature . |
| 6 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
| 7 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 8 | He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room . |
| 9 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 10 | Mosley did find kindred spirits in the Labour movement , some of whom followed him into the New Party and a smaller proportion into fascism , but although the party conference and the Labour movement in general were sympathetic to his practical suggestions , the Labour government rejected his proposals . |
| 11 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 12 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 13 | Dougal followed him into the little garden . |
| 14 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 15 | It puzzled him into the New Year of 1961 that no one asked his opinion . |
| 16 | I grew up among the kind of communists and socialists who guided him into the working-class communities and who staff some of their struggles . |
| 17 | He turned back again to the pill-box and , as he began to run towards it , she shoved him into the empty channel on the seaward side of the Lock . |
| 18 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 19 | Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking . |
| 20 | Now I took him into my home , it was an extremely costly thing to do , and eventually we got him into the Chiltern Clinic . |
| 21 | Typical of microscopic work might be W. C. Williamson 's work on the formation of bones and teeth in the 1850s , which got him into the Royal Society . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 24 | He managed to grab it with both hands as the force of the water , aided by his frantic struggles , propelled him into the yawning mouth of the tunnel . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 27 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 28 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 29 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 30 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |