Example sentences of "thrust [pers pn] into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typical operation seemed to be that the man took a lump of metal from a bin , thrust it into the machine , closed some kind of safety cage , and pulled a lever . |
| 2 | Parkin must have received the note and , in a panic , thrust it into the bottom of the locked drawer , assuming that no one would find it . |
| 3 | He took the key from her and , stretching high , thrust it into the lock . |
| 4 | Then Nigel Carew drew his sabre and thrust it into the hand of his youthful son and pushed him forward . |
| 5 | After he had read it aloud he crumpled the note up in his fist and thrust it into the fire as if the very sight of it was hateful . |