Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] he into [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments .
2 And er I gets him down and I gets him into the stable , and I gets all the clothes off him and he gets into a bag , a bran bag , more bags and lay down and covered himself , and I hung his clothes round the boiler fire .
3 I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen .
4 I followed him into a small room .
5 As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself .
6 I chivvied him into a quick shower .
7 She flung him into the Grand Canal .
8 She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared .
9 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 .
10 She followed him into a tiny , brightly lit room that was suffused with the most delectable scents of cooking .
11 ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’
12 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 .
13 She demoted him into a mere irritant with popping eyes , a frog .
14 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 .
15 She took him into a small office with a window overlooking the harbour .
16 She escorted him into an inner office where a young man sat behind a very large desk .
17 She ushered him into a stuffy little room lit by bright spotlights .
18 She pushed him into the right positions .
19 Now I took him into my home , it was an extremely costly thing to do , and eventually we got him into the Chiltern Clinic .
20 He rose and staggered out and we followed him into a stinking alleyway a short distance from the tavern .
21 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 .
22 He opened the door by his desk , and they followed him into a large room filled with dark , solid furniture .
23 ‘ I 'll live with it , ’ Luke answered somewhat grimly , waiting for her to precede him into an empty lift as the door slid open .
24 Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders .
25 It puzzled him into the New Year of 1961 that no one asked his opinion .
26 Mister Johnny ca n't bear to be teased , really ca n't bear it ] It sends him into a terrible rage .
27 This marriage was advantageous to him in that it introduced him into the local society but it was to last only three years , for in 1573 Jane died of smallpox at the age of 20 .
28 He pushed him into an upright chair .
29 But if you buy your child a toy gun will it turn him into an aggressive adult ?
30 Jackie was already on his feet , beckoning them to follow him into the starlit orchard .
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