Example sentences of "[verb] her into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whipped back the covers and moved her into bed as if she were a doll , watching her for a second and then turning away . |
| 2 | He slid one hand to her hips , pressing her into contact with his body all the way down as he did so . |
| 3 | But even as he lifted it , reflexes that she 'd always prayed would be lightning-fast in a showdown proved their sterling worth , galvanising her into action . |
| 4 | He helped her into bed and stood looking down at her . |
| 5 | ‘ My doctor thinks it 's rheumatoid arthritis , ’ she gasped , as Juliet and Jill Herbert helped her into bed , ‘ but I did n't think it could affect your chest like this . |
| 6 | Her mother 's contemptuous sniff meant , Judith knew , ‘ What can you expect from a goy ? ’ but that was too familiar a piece of bigotry to provoke her into argument . |
| 7 | pretty Surrey town on the Thames near London where Estella is sent by Miss Havisham to stay with Mrs Brandley to launch her into society . |
| 8 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 9 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 10 | It is equally safe to wager that some of her actions will bring her into conflict with the competition directorate in Brussels , while her community policy plans will draw fire from Britain and Germany . |
| 11 | Obviously very pleased with herself over this and Aggie 's reaction , she then brought it up so many times that Aggie was eventually forced to yell her into silence . |
| 12 | And she leaned down towards the child , her thick arms going out and around her , and she lifted her into bed , saying softly , ‘ There now Is n't that nice and comfy ? ’ |
| 13 | Tonight it seemed to me that Mrs Browning had still not recovered from her fear , and I suggested that I should perhaps stay and see her into bed . |
| 14 | His words briefly stunned her into silence . |
| 15 | The fall had n't affected her in the slightest , but the shock of finding herself lying beneath Dane stunned her into silence . |
| 16 | Of course it stunned her into silence and she never answered at all , not even when he reached out and collected most of her parcels , carrying them himself . |
| 17 | So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too . |
| 18 | But this sense was always leading her into trouble — why get involved again ? |
| 19 | Theda thought she had learned to subdue the spirit of rebellion that threw her into defiance on the receipt of such slights . |
| 20 | She let her lashes flutter down briefly to shut out the sight of Lucenzo 's smouldering eyes , which seemed to be mesmerising her into surrender . |
| 21 | Tom frowned her into silence . |
| 22 | The first is that he has got her into bed so easily and the second is that it seems to mean nothing to her . |
| 23 | Katharine 's quick-fire tongue and irreverent nature have often got her into trouble . |
| 24 | Bernice 's bluntness had got her into trouble before . |
| 25 | If Farrel had got her into trouble , it was easily the less distressing alternative . |
| 26 | Faye was wheeled to the small private room further along the corridor , and two nurses came immediately to help her into bed and take routine observations . |
| 27 | The get her into shore . |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't get you a girl , but if you get her into trouble I 'll see it 's all right . ’ |
| 29 | She 'd taken a liking to Silvia and had no wish to betray her and get her into trouble with her quarrelsome cousin . |
| 30 | Each time Thomas or Carlo tried to draw her into conversation , the words dried on her lips . |