Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Levellers articulated this awareness , and channelled it into a coherent set of democratic political demands . |
| 2 | He placed the beings , pictured as animals , in a belt embracing the known universe , and divided it into the twelve equal houses of the zodiac ( Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Sagittarius , Scorpio , Capricorn , Aquarius and Pisces ) . |
| 3 | I stood up , took Flavia 's hand and led her into a little room . |
| 4 | He untied Dobbs and led her into a large dark shed . |
| 5 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 6 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 7 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 8 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 9 | Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot . |
| 10 | He took the ladder and slung it into the snow-covered bushes . |
| 11 | A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special . |
| 12 | He organised my stag weekend last year and made it into a memorable one . |
| 13 | But he left to take on the run-down Staffordshire country house called Alton Towers and made it into a top leisure and theme park . |
| 14 | She folded the silver square of wrapping paper in half and made it into a little boat . |
| 15 | Where they could have taken genes from an old disease-resistant variety and inserted them into a disease-vulnerable , high-yielding new variety , the old genes can no longer be found . |
| 16 | Cleo took the velvet poison bag and the money pouch out of her drawer , together with a handful of stockings , and stuffed them into an old leather holdall in which she 'd formerly kept a collection of limbs , torsos and heads from broken porcelain dolls . |
| 17 | I took the wad of twenties out of the bag and stuffed them into the back pocket of my jeans . |
| 18 | So because they do n't like the sound of this the other two have drawn off their magic stone and got them into the top jobs in er consortium ! |
| 19 | In the circumstances , he made a fair pass at the ball and got it into a reasonable spot about fifteen yards short of the edge of the green and about thirty yards from the hole . |
| 20 | And at once , two more leapt forward and scooped up the bleeding lumps of flesh and bone and flung them into the open furnaces . |
| 21 | This house was run down until the owner completely renovated it and redecorated inside and out , and transformed it into an impressive home |
| 22 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
| 23 | It twisted and turned and bore her into an ominous and derelict suburb , stark in the orange street lights . |
| 24 | Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too . |
| 25 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
| 26 | Things that filled her with joy and drew her into the everyday lives of the two people she had loved for so many lonely years . |
| 27 | Colleague Evelyn Cookson and a stranger hoisted Tammy to her feet and helped her into a waiting ambulance . |
| 28 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
| 29 | Immediately the current caught the oil-drum and with Simon still clinging to it , whisked it off down to the Lock and crashed it into the wooden gates . |
| 30 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |