Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [pron] into the " in BNC.

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1 Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard .
2 Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet .
3 Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist .
4 ‘ She was driving very fast , ’ he said as he folded the map round the photograph and tucked it into the inner pocket of the waterproof saddlebag .
5 Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water .
6 The striker took the ball in his stride and powered it into the top right hand corner from 25 yards .
7 One of the assistants took Ruth into a fitting-room and helped her into the dress , then stood back to admire the effect .
8 He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat .
9 Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat .
10 The boy carried her out into the snow and pushed her into the ground , turning her so that she faced the tent and the cluster of trees that formed their crude and failing shelter .
11 Once , he even put a live spider on a piece of tape and forced it into the terrified 11-year-old 's mouth .
12 She took out a cassette tape and pushed it into the car 's tape-deck .
13 When they 'd finished , Mina put the rice , a handful at a time , into the winnowing fan and tossed it into the air .
14 A coal-black manservant came out to the carriage and showed them into the house .
15 Heeding this good advice , she found her key and pushed it into the lock .
16 He just stood looking down at her for a moment , his eyes still pleading , and then abruptly he turned and picked up the tray and carried it into the kitchen for her .
17 She went to the window and watched him into the street , then into his car , then out of sight .
18 And then the bought the drill hall and turned it into the public hall and presented it to the island .
19 She came out , saw me in the passage and hurried me into the lounge .
20 Trent passed it up along with his weightbelt , slipped off his flippers and mask , dropped them over the taffrail and pulled himself into the cockpit .
21 Then she dragged the body to the workbench and pushed it into the cupboard , head first .
22 When we explained that the underwater housing was to enable us to take portraits of the fishes underwater , they dissolved into disbelieving laughter and ushered us into the country .
23 I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid .
24 She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes .
25 She reached for her pen and dipped it into the well so fiercely that when she lifted it a blot fell across the page .
26 The engine compartment had to be outside the cockpit for acoustic and thermal insulation so we introduced a vertical backlight for good rear visibility and blended it into the fins sloping down from the roof , which gave a certain lightness to the rear pillars , This solution has become a constant feature on all Pininfarina Ferraris up to the Testarossa .
27 He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room .
28 Miles crossed decisively to the starpod , unsealed the hatch and swung himself into the cabin , smiling as it snuggled shut behind him with a soft pneumatic wheeze .
29 I once took all eleven of my Dad 's angelfish to school in a jam-jar and poured them into the pond to keep the goldfish company .
30 ‘ One good thing to come out of it was that it inspired me to play guitar and turned me into the person I am . ’
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