Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [pron] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president .
2 She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed .
3 Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room .
4 Daak turned and hoisted himself into the speeder 's cockpit .
5 It twisted and turned and bore her into an ominous and derelict suburb , stark in the orange street lights .
6 Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too .
7 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 .
8 Helen nodded and followed him into the kitchen .
9 I remember feeling Morris dealing with my dead-weight , as he folded and shovelled me into the back of the cab .
10 He grunted and followed me into the apartment .
11 She pulled and patted it into a comfortable pad and Midnight slumped down , leaning forward against his crooked legs , his hands draped over his knees .
12 In reality , the mechanics went wrong when he first appeared and shot him into the air , out of sight .
13 ‘ I use this for sticking pigs , ’ he said , giving me a mysterious smile , gesturing with the ugly blade across his uncovered throat , then laughing , flicking it shut and thrusting it into a long pocket in the side of his dusty black corduroys .
14 I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world .
15 It was this desire to win that dragged and sucked them into the war .
16 ‘ It was hers , ’ he said and hurled it into the pool .
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