Example sentences of "[to-vb] her into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As his fame and fortune grew , she never became ostentatious and refused all his efforts to encourage her into a more luxurious life . |
| 2 | Or was he just trying to provoke her into an argument for the sheer hell of it ? |
| 3 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 4 | It is not always understood that he does not only help her but has frequently to lead her into a movement . |
| 5 | Tracey laughed , and put his hand under her elbow to guide her into the cinema . |
| 6 | " Do you have sons and daughters , madame ? " he inquired politely to draw her into the conversation . |
| 7 | We might as well both be invisible , she told herself with irritation , conveniently forgetting Luke 's earlier attempts to draw her into the conversation . |
| 8 | Needlework and laundrywork provided an effective class and gender strategy , designed to prepared the prostitute for her correct place in the female labour force and to re-educate her into an approved feminine role . |
| 9 | Her cruel circumstances conspired to put her into a remand home at 14 — and from there she went to an adolescent unit , until the age of 17 . |
| 10 | When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened . |
| 11 | Every time she put her nose out of the door , there he seemed to be , and if he was n't outside he was inside , making provocative remarks that were guaranteed to drive her into a fury . |
| 12 | Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm . |
| 13 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 14 | Climbing on to her back , he used the halter shank to whip her into a lumbering unaccustomed trot , as he made his way back to the stable-yard . |
| 15 | Not to this hard man who wanted to grind her into the dirt . |
| 16 | Such a draconian policy would both weaken Germany and provide resources ( especially coal ) to France to transform her into a heavy-industrial power . |
| 17 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 18 | Certainly she was indurate against Knox 's sermonizing , and their clash of ideologies was one of the factors leading to passionate outbursts against Mary whenever one of her enemies wished to force her into an awkward situation . |
| 19 | But this was the one Miss Minogue and her handlers gambled upon to turn her into a major star . |
| 20 | For a bit , she tried to turn Yeats into a warrior , and he tried to turn her into a high priestess of the Celtic mysteries — and thus , of course , into a ‘ moderate ’ . |
| 21 | It would take at least another seven or eight years to turn her into a recognizable human being . |
| 22 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 23 | However , as the torchlight danced ahead she gradually lost the worst of the fears that had at first threatened to turn her into a quivering jelly . |
| 24 | Suddenly , cheekily she spun round in front of him , mocking his attempts to turn her into an Anglo-Irish lady . |
| 25 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 26 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 27 | ‘ She thinks they 're trying to get her into a home . ’ |
| 28 | Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law was similar to , though less antagonistic than , Mrs Kitchener 's daughter , in that she said she found looking after her mother-in-law a strain , that it was time-consuming , and putting a strain on her marriage ; she and her mother-in-law had never got on very well , and she ‘ would like to get her into a Home , ’ . |
| 29 | To get her into a routine , I started leaving food out at the same time and place every day , always whistling the same tune , so that she would associate it with being fed . |
| 30 | Lord knows what they say to her , but they must be on at her night and day , to get her into a state where she 's afraid to acknowledge me on the phone ! ’ |