Example sentences of "try [verb] [pron] [adv prt] into the " in BNC.

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1 The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth
2 They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great .
3 He tried to draw her back into the circle of his arms .
4 She tried to think herself back into the part of Peter 's fiancée .
5 Sitting around in the sun all day , scoffing tons of ice cream is his idea of heaven , though he did get a bit miffed when Greenpeace tried to push him back into the sea .
6 They might fear you , hate you , and try to exorcise you back into the fifth dimension , but they accept you for what you are .
7 She 's tried to tempt her back into the woods , but with little success .
8 tries to head it back into the penalty area and it rebounds off .
9 Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart .
10 I wonder , is he trying to get her back into the house and she does n't wan na come back .
11 Pascal 's target here is Descartes and , in trying to think oneself back into the overwhelming urgency of their debate , it has to be remembered that their lives were overshadowed by the struggles of the Counter-Reformation .
12 In other words , there are marvellous projects going on which really stimulate the interest of everybody , and it 's , the Engineering Council 's still trying to push them along into the twenty first century itself .
13 Now Tabitha sat on the bunk , trying to stuff everything back into the bag .
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