Example sentences of "had [vb pp] him into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 2 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 3 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 4 | Kate had followed him into a big sitting-room , plain , almost spartan in its simplicity . |
| 5 | His feelings were cleansed of the poisons of revenge , contempt , self-hatred , envy and avarice which had worked him into a hellish turbulence of vicious thoughts . |
| 6 | Maud had put him into a small hotel near the street where he was born , telling him to absorb the atmosphere . |
| 7 | Hugh 's prompting , perhaps intentionally , had put him into a difficult position . |