Example sentences of "[to-vb] her into [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Each time Thomas or Carlo tried to draw her into conversation , the words dried on her lips . |
| 6 | They soon gave up trying to draw her into conversation . |
| 7 | God knew they were powerful enough to knock her into oblivion . |
| 8 | We have owls in our garden ; they cried softly last night as I lay in my glass coffin , Snow White waiting for the fairy to wake her into feminism with a kiss . |
| 9 | Jezrael stepped forward into nothing , allowing the tube to loft her into Steel City . |
| 10 | You know , trying to get her into shit . |
| 11 | The whisky in him fought with any consideration he might have had for her ; all he wanted was to get her into bed . |
| 12 | Assuming he did , one day , manage to get her into bed , what would happen after she had shimmied off the veil , let the cloak fall around her naked ankles , and then eased her white , sweet-smelling flesh out of the shift to reveal … |
| 13 | ‘ He 's trying to get her into partnership with him to go ahead with his holiday village . ’ |
| 14 | We had to get her into hospital quick . |
| 15 | She loved Sharpe , yet she saw in her lover the embodiment of those ghouls who had been used to scare her into childhood obedience . |
| 16 | ‘ My poor wife 's attempt to scare her into flight must have been the final straw . |
| 17 | Lisabeth 's vegetarianism made it difficult to take her into pubs at lunch-time . |
| 18 | He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing . |
| 19 | She did n't feel comfortable and safe with anybody but Angus : he had n't tried to push her into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 20 | But tonight it had no power to lull her into unconsciousness . |
| 21 | He turned to frown her into silence . |