Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [adv] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 Previously they had lacked an identity , but the training period had welded them together into a cohesive fighting force with an intense pride in themselves and their unit .
2 They had tidied him away into the cupboard where nobody would see him .
3 ‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room .
4 No snap of the fingers was going to break this spell , her complacency and her inertia had locked her deep into the circle of assumptions .
5 His Canadian passport was beautifully forged and had brought him effortlessly into the Republic of Ireland and thence on the ferry to England .
6 The route we had taken through the cordillera from Cajamarca had brought us virtually into the outskirts of Tmjillo and we had put up at a hotel in the centre of the city , all three of us more or less out on our feet .
7 Rex took another step backwards and found to his unhappiness that he had backed himself neatly into a well-barred shop doorway .
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