Example sentences of "and [vb past] it into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |
| 2 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 3 | Once home , I tentatively lifted the bag and lowered it into the tank to acclimatise the fish . |
| 4 | The farmer was silent as I soaped my arm and inserted it into the cow . |
| 5 | She made a grab for her shirt but Felipe took it from her and flung it into the back . |
| 6 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 7 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 8 | ‘ Good morning , ’ she answered grudgingly as she hastily unpegged her washing and flung it into the laundry basket at her feet . |
| 9 | She located the air supply tap , pulled a tube from the back of her suit and plugged it into the tap : there was no point in using the suit 's air and batteries while she could draw air from the shuttle 's recyclers . |
| 10 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |
| 11 | In 1974 , the fire brigade moved into new premises , rendering the existing building useless — so the local district council bought it for £36,000 and changed it into the block of 10 flats for elderly people . |
| 12 | Lucie threw down the cup he was holding and drove it into the mud with his foot . |
| 13 | And with that thought , she wrung out her dress , and flopped it into the basket that Sabina had already filled with a heap of the family 's washing . |
| 14 | She screwed up the letter and dropped it into the kitchen bin . |
| 15 | Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water . |
| 16 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 17 | She brought hot water and watched as he unwrapped a sachet and dropped it into the cup . |
| 18 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |
| 19 | Earlier , supervised by George , she had added a tablespoon of Camp coffee to half a pint of water and poured it into the cut glass whisky decanter on the sideboard . |
| 20 | She seasoned the mixture and poured it into the pan . |
| 21 | He picked up the knife and dug it into the picture . |
| 22 | William took a tack from between his teeth and hammered it into the leather and then picked up a file . |
| 23 | And why should the palm be so thickly clotted , almost as if another 's hand had lifted it and smeared it into the blood at the throat ? |
| 24 | He picked it up and threw it into the flames . |
| 25 | Very , very carefully , Holmes took the snake and threw it into the metal box . |
| 26 | Mould slid the rugby ball onto the hook , and threw it into the water . |
| 27 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 28 | Annoyed , she crumpled the map and threw it into the gutter . |
| 29 | She seized the shoe and threw it into the fireplace . |
| 30 | Luke scooped the fish up from Carey 's arms and threw it into the shallows . |