Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manitou , ( the Great Spirit ) was so touched by the Indian 's devotion that upon his death Manitou made him into a rock standing off the inlet , and that monument has been called Siwash Rock ever since . |
| 2 | A ceremony to swear him into the post was to have been held tomorrow . |
| 3 | The President called him into the room . |
| 4 | In October of that year the King came to Compiègne as the guest of the Emperor and Empress , who both deployed all their charms in an attempt to woo him into a declaration of support for France . |
| 5 | Nothing seemed to exist outside that swaying chair and Simon , whose terrifying ability to repress his own humanity made him into an enemy that Gazzer did n't know how to defeat . |
| 6 | Her vacuum cleaner drove him into the street , in search of a coffee shop . |
| 7 | The full-back appeared in Aberdeen 's penalty area and determination carried him into a spot where he could see the right-hand corner of Snelders 's goal , sending the ball there with all the assurance that had characterised Clydebank 's return from the brink . |
| 8 | He released the clutch as the thunder broke upon him : the power of its sound smashed him into the saddle as he zig-zagged fast across the smooth grass towards the cabin . |
| 9 | Turning on him , Headstone drags him into the weir where they both drown ( OMF passim ) . |
| 10 | Was she the bait to lure him into a trap ? |
| 11 | The bearer pulled him into a passage so thin that even the narrowest of stalls could not wedge itself in . |
| 12 | National Service sent him into the Army , as he has described in Not all a Ball , and it was then , whilst on leave , that Minton 's ‘ irresistible , magical aura of ebullience and joie de vivre ’ offered such a liberating contrast with the high-pitched orders of NCOs and the brutalising routine of Army life . |
| 13 | Well what responsibility does the church have for down and outs and should the vicar try to get rid of this man in the churchyard , or should the vicar invite him into the vicarage . |
| 14 | Tolby seemed to have buttered up all the Devenishes for what he could get : the father took him into the firm and launched him on his career ; Clare darned his socks and cooked him meals ; and Hubert — if Henry was right — had put some business his way . |
| 15 | The sudden movement brought him into the path of a mourner , whose elbow struck him a glancing blow and sent him reeling . |
| 16 | The word followed him into the courtyard . |
| 17 | Gabriel let the sing-song rise and fall of Garvey 's voice lull him into a stillness , while his eyes travelled ( for want of interesting faces ) over the even rows of brick cladding the manor house , and the iron-outlined figures of the saints in the stained-glass chapel window . |
| 18 | The young man followed him into the hall , carefully wiping his feet on the mat . |
| 19 | ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain . |
| 20 | A squall beat him into the bank . |
| 21 | Such was the excitement and focus on Maggie that in spite of Rose 's care to draw him into the conversation Moran began to feel out of it and grew bored . |
| 22 | Twice a squall bowled him into the water as he followed the shore round . |
| 23 | After a while Rostov allowed the press to carry him into a corner . |
| 24 | His bedclothes were changed and a nurse helped him into a theatre gown . |
| 25 | Prang your opponent with your lance to turn him into an egg . |
| 26 | It was the same when he walked ; he found that he was unsteady on his feet , and liked to have Nathan 's arm to help him into the carriage , as though it were a matter of ordinary courtesy from a younger man to an older . |
| 27 | Father-of-three Russell Telford , 29 , forced the pit-cage operator to let him into the lift . |
| 28 | Lydersen again had a hand in Arsenal 's second goal in the 46th minute when his long clearance found Campbell whose awesome power took him into the box to beat Norwich 's former Tottenham goalkeeper Walton at the near post . |
| 29 | So , no doubt as a result of some string-pulling from Bletchley , Harold 's local recruiting office was instructed by the War Office to recruit him into the Intelligence Corps . |