Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 2 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 3 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 4 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 5 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 6 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 7 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 10 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And she frightened it into the supreme effort that carried it up , soaring and stretching , reaching beyond any achievement it knew of , until , by a hairsbreadth , it gained the crest of the fallen trunk . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A blast of warm smoky air struck Meredith 's face as she preceded him into the one large room inside . |
| 15 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 16 | Finding her own pocket handkerchief , she gave it into the old lady 's other hand . |
| 17 | She launched herself into the tiny room , crouching , arms spread wide , ready to grab Gazzer if he made a dash for the door . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 21 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 22 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 23 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 24 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 25 | WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently . |
| 26 | There he flung himself into the local setting with characteristic abandon and commitment , participating in the daily round of village life with an eagerness and zest which he attributed partly to his Polish temperament ; there he established standards of meticulous and painstaking observation and inquiry which have been an inspiration to social anthropologists ever since . |
| 27 | Extending a short prong from the board , he rammed it into the upper surface of the brick . |
| 28 | It puzzled him into the New Year of 1961 that no one asked his opinion . |
| 29 | He pulled me into the tiny kitchen . |
| 30 | And after his successful return to management at Ipswich , he guided them into the Premier League before moving ‘ upstairs ’ at Portman Road this summer . |