Example sentences of "[vb past] her into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost lunch-time , but the sun on her face stroked her into lingering , into staying still . |
| 2 | He invited her into one of his lesser parlours . |
| 3 | This perfidious inner reaction drove her into ferocious silence as they headed back down the coast again , berating her stupidity as she watched the lush green hills glide by . |
| 4 | The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives . |
| 5 | The children baited her into further wrath until , just as suddenly , she would snap out of it again and return to her former , demure self . |
| 6 | What was it about him that constantly stirred her into such a state of agitation ? |
| 7 | Anger emanated from fitzAlan in waves , the force of it completely overwhelming her , even as the physical impact of that ruthless kiss stunned her into frozen immobility . |
| 8 | The reminder , so sharp and painful , in the sudden appearance of that man now threw her into aching grief . |
| 9 | He showed her into another bare cubicle where two hatchet-faced men were scribbling , and pointed to a phone that lay scratched and bruised on the desk . |
| 10 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 11 | The girl was dishevelled , her hair a mess , but she only laughed as he caught her and pulled her into another room . |
| 12 | Yet , stirring at the back of her mind and insistently pushing its way to the fore , the ungovernable curiosity that had in the past led her into strange , sometimes dangerous but often exciting situations was threatening to override her common sense . |
| 13 | He led her into one of his work alcoves where a hi-res VDR was set up . |
| 14 | He led her into another room , and there listened , with a good deal of amazement , to Rose 's account of her extraordinary conversation with Nancy . |
| 15 | Alice gratefully laughed with her , feeling privileged and special in this intimacy with Pat that admitted her into important conspiracy . |
| 16 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |
| 17 | So you and your family hatched a plot whereby you flirted with her and turned her stupid , innocent head ; where you pawed her and manoeuvred her into private corners until she did n't know what was happening to her ! |
| 18 | Her republican sympathies brought her into direct conflict with her brother Sir John French , who was viceroy , but they were reconciled before he died in 1925 . |
| 19 | It was as if Jack had driven her , herded her into this enlightenment , and a terrible pleasure had come to her aid . |
| 20 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 21 | The woman escaped and ran to a motorist after her assailant grabbed her and dragged her into private gardens . |
| 22 | The 44-year-old woman was sunbathing when two black teenagers , armed with a knife and a screwdriver , dragged her into nearby bushes . |
| 23 | The familiar voice froze her into unaccustomed rigidity . |