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Example sentences of "[verb] her into [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause .
2	Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto .
3	I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure .
4	He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face .
5	Clare helped her into a black car that stood by the kerb with its door open .
6	Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance .
7	He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat .
8	She was a walking weapon already , but Seth had only made her into a rough flint axe .
9	as if her skin were too tight for her , as if a tornado were spinning inside her , whirling her into a silent frenzy .
10	Jill nodded , standing aside to let Lindsey precede her into the small side ward .
11	Urging her into a fast walk , he hurried her across a courtyard and into the craft shop .
12	‘ We will eat first , ’ Lubor smiled , parking his car and escorting her into a smart hotel .
13	The lift came to a halt and Roman practically lifted her into a quiet corridor with only one door opening from it .
14	SIX people accused of kidnapping a teenage girl and turning her into a human torch appeared in court yesterday .
15	Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl !
16	I knew what to do , incorporate her into the mass grave of my fantasy world ; there her real charms would soon decay and get jumbled up with my rather more rotten visions .
17	He folded her to him , coaxing her into the enchanted refuge of his arms , and she went willingly .
18	But if Urquhart were speaking the truth at last — and she wondered whether yet another web of deception was being woven about her — he had forged her into an unwitting tool of the Soviet Union .
19	He showed her into a comfortable room complete with wallscreen , soft lighting and floor cushions .
20	When she arrived , minus dogs this time , as they would have destroyed the solemnity — Flora showed her into the back room .
21	In the meantime — ’ He slid an arm around her waist , pulling her into the warm circle of his embrace .
22	Amy 's experiences turned her into a radical activist as a teenager .
23	Notebooks in hand , they listened beside her hospital bed as she told of how her attacker stripped her , tied her hands behind her back , and turned her into a human rag doll by dumping her in a city rubbish skip .
24	Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable .
25	As Jelka watched , the men subdued her , forcing her into a padded jacket , the over-long arms of which they fastened at the back .
26	Forcing her into a loveless marriage the same way he 's forcing you pair into marrying the Costello sisters .
27	There 's a somewhat lighter tone to The Wicked Lady ( 1945 ) , another big hit , in which Lockwood is the aristocratic wife whose passion for living and sense that if ‘ I ca n't live while I 'm alive , I 'll go mad ’ leads her into a double life as a highwaywoman .
28	He turned abruptly away now , saying , ‘ Take my advice , Aggie , get her into a closed school . ’
29	Sharpe spurred her into a clumsy gallop that made his heavy sword flap in its slings and crash its disc hilt painfully onto his left thigh .
30	‘ I 've got plenty of cash — and charge cards , too , if it comes to that , ’ he added , firmly grasping her arm and marching her into the large department store .