Example sentences of "[verb] he into [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such dreams servants would ease him into shoes studded with diamonds ; he would cock an ear to the whinny of his coach-horses , whose splendour would make England die of jealousy ; he would give oyster banquets , and have his dining-room surrounded by espaliers of flowering jasmine , out of which bright finches would swoop . |
| 2 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll have a look , but then I think we 'll move him into Ops if I think it 's justified . |
| 4 | ‘ You know Howard , do n't you ? ’ she says , as she levers him into conversations at parties . |
| 5 | He was determined to restore order in the countryside , to avoid giving the impression that nobles could force him into concessions , and to silence the most determined of his critics , but he neither abandoned the task of implementing the emancipation statutes nor fought shy of enacting the additional measures to which freeing the serfs gave rise . |
| 6 | I thought I 'd take him into Woollies or the market or something . |
| 7 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 8 | Exasperation often led him into acts of mischief for which he was quickly rapped by his rod-bearing aunt , but the atmosphere in which punishment was given and taken was a relaxed one , with his uncle able to laugh at some of his pranks . |
| 9 | His East European Jewish background — he was born Schmuel Gelbfisz , in Warsaw — and the instinct that first led him into pictures , make him typical of the men who created Hollywood : Louis B Mayer , Adolph Zukor , Carl Laemmle , William Fox and the Warners . |
| 10 | The policeman talked , the reporter trying to jog him into revelations and failing . |
| 11 | His explorations took him into deserts and marshes . |
| 12 | I once knew a Yorkshire terrier where even the word ‘ walkies , sent him into gyrations of joyous bouncing and tail wagging . |
| 13 | But Dr Jones 's involvement with industry has led him into difficulties — which lend a critical edge to the parable . |
| 14 | He seems to have possessed an ingenuous self-assurance which could get him into difficulties and arouse antagonism . |
| 15 | You bite him into bits . |
| 16 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |