Example sentences of "his [noun] into [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what brought her to the point of retaliation was the sight of his hands mauling a plate of sliced mutton , digging his fingers into the pieces of meat and snatching them up and trying to screw them up like pieces of paper and hurl them at the bookcase . |
| 2 | Today saw the culmination of months of hard training as Hugh slipped his canoe into the waters of Lough Ryan for the solo trip back to his home town . |
| 3 | Willmott ( 1966 ) chose to use young Australians and New Zealanders in his research into the activities of adolescent boys , on the assumption that they would be seen by the boys as neutral as far as class and social background were concerned . |
| 4 | Fleets of small boats attend it while , in his high cabin , the ermined Doge prepares to throw his ring into the waters in token of La Serenissima 's perpetual union with the sea . |
| 5 | The story of how the convalescent David Stirling got his proposal into the hands of General Auchinleck was told to the journalist Virginia Cowles in 1958 , and is based on Stirling 's memory of events not too long after they occurred . |
| 6 | Nightfall beckons American artist Doug Dawson to take his pastels into the streets of London . |
| 7 | Nightfall beckons American artist Doug Dawson to take his pastels into the streets of London . |
| 8 | The task of constitution-making immediately passed beyond his control into the hands of the Constituent Assembly . |
| 9 | In the chapter ‘ On the Duties of Persons Engaged in Trade and Business ’ in his Enquiry into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of Society in Great Britain , he said the foundations of a trader 's credit were ‘ property , integrity , punctuality , industry , prudence , openness in dealing , freedom from extravagance , from a spirit of wild speculation and from vice , and the character of the partners and of others with whom he is closely connected . ’ |
| 10 | Here , if we anticipate the arguments of later chapters , we would find Henry Fielding already mulling over the fall of decadent Rome and its lesson for Old England , and warning in his Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers ( 1751 ) of the disastrous effects of ‘ too frequent and expensive diversions among the lower kind of people ’ . |
| 11 | He began by giving official passports to Jews who could claim some vague connection with Sweden , and ended by thrusting , in defiance of the Gestapo , cyclostyled papers bearing his signature into the hands of anyone he could reach , in the cattle trucks in railway sidings or along the road as the tragic columns struggled by . |
| 12 | This arises where a company in violation of the rights of a chargee disposes of the property subject to the charge and it entitles a chargee to pursue his claim into the proceeds of the disposition . |
| 13 | Sometimes the woodworker must step over the boundaries of his craft into the workings of other craftsmen . |
| 14 | There was a pause as he stretched his arms into the sleeves of a plain white T-shirt and pulled it over his head , powerful chest muscles expanding with animal efficiency . |
| 15 | While ploughing or sowing his field , he was still pushing his enquiries into the operations of nature . |
| 16 | A Supreme Court judge , Justice Louis Harms , on Nov. 13 published his report into the activities of Army and police counterinsurgency units . |
| 17 | Suragai tucked his hands into the sleeves of his surcoat . |
| 18 | Stone placed the glass on the table , leaned back in his chair and eased his hands into the pockets of his jeans . |
| 19 | He dug his hands into the pockets of his jacket and , because sailors are the most superstitious of men , he crossed his fingers . |
| 20 | Shoving his hands into the pockets of his overcoat he felt the little box that contained the tie pin . |
| 21 | Bernard dug his hands into the pockets of his dressing-gown and moved to the window where he stared across the lawn at the empty swimming pool . |
| 22 | Finally he stood up , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his black trousers . |
| 23 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he shrugged lightly , pushing his hands into the pockets of his shorts . |
| 24 | He stood up straight and thrust his hands into the pockets of his faded jeans . |
| 25 | ‘ I was angry ! ’ he admitted , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his trousers as he studied her , his eyes traversing her slender form , raking over the tangle of dark hair , her susceptible grey eyes , her full , sensual mouth , before lowering them in slow appraisal of her trim figure then returning them to her querulous expression . |
| 26 | Jake stuffed his hands into the pockets of his trousers . |
| 27 | Guido had thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers . |
| 28 | Jamie suddenly got to his feet , went to the railing , thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers , looked out across the city . |
| 29 | Far away from the usual round of interviews for reasons of record promotion , he was etching his personality into the minds of the readers . |
| 30 | It 's been a popular strategy ever since The Rolling Stones played the small marquee at the 1963 National Jazz Festival in Richmond — the event that subsequently mutated into Reading — and provoked scenes of hysteria as hundreds of excited youths abandoned the main arena and jostled to catch a whiff of this liberating new air , leaving a bewildered Acker Bilk tootling his way into the footnotes of history . |