Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll slide on ca I mean I moved it into the corner so that erm |
| 2 | I dug it into the roses instead . ’ |
| 3 | You know I years ago I had a twig you know , an ordinary twig , I stuck it into the ground after three long years , all that was was a stick ! |
| 4 | ‘ I wedged it into the pine-needles , as you did with yours . |
| 5 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 6 | I had prepared a little note , written in my smallest writing , and I slipped it into the envelope when he was n't looking . |
| 7 | I kicked it into the water . |
| 8 | ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars . |
| 9 | I pushed it into the tie-knot and twisted , hard . |
| 10 | I had underlined the few shady connections which made it into the open . |
| 11 | ‘ It was probably hit on the road and then somebody threw it into the lake , ’ Ross Aldridge , the young constable , told her . |
| 12 | Well , you had to feed it you know erm Then there was this erm er sort of a whipping in in there was a long trough leading to the knife and then there were some cogwheels which pulled it into the knife . |
| 13 | The oil spilt from the Braer was unusually light and toxic , and this , combined with fierce storms which mixed it into the seawater and caused it combine to form clumps with fine particles churned up by the waves , meant that rather than floating to the surface , as is normal with spilt crude oil , it was carried by ocean currents far from the spill site and later redeposited in deep " sumps " on the seabed . |
| 14 | The company took the name of the new boss , who moved it into the structural market , building bridges , stations , hotels and even piers at Redcar , Bournemouth and Plymouth . |
| 15 | She drove it into the side of his head as hard as she could , hearing a crack as she smashed his temporal bone . |
| 16 | Sealing an envelope , she dropped it into the basket of outgoing mail . |
| 17 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 18 | It is obviously irrelevant to speculate on what if anything was in the mind of the clerk or other subordinate officer who actually received the money , or in the mind of the officer ( whoever he or she may have been ) who paid it into the bank to the defendants ' credit . |
| 19 | She folded it into the cleft of her black bra . |
| 20 | And that went in very quick on the end for you shoved it into the neep |
| 21 | And she frightened it into the supreme effort that carried it up , soaring and stretching , reaching beyond any achievement it knew of , until , by a hairsbreadth , it gained the crest of the fallen trunk . |
| 22 | She took it into the sitting-room where the dictionaries were kept and did her best to translate : It is excellent news that the whole business has been done successfully . |
| 23 | Crumpling the envelope in her hand , she tossed it into the fire , watching intently while it blackened and burned before returning to the single sheet of cheap paper . |
| 24 | And you rubbed it into the grain and you sandpapered that and it left white |
| 25 | I put it carefully back in its envelope and gave it back to Dinwiddie , who slipped it into the pile . |
| 26 | Finding her own pocket handkerchief , she gave it into the old lady 's other hand . |
| 27 | She threw all of them away except one , then realised how silly and significant it would be to arrive on his doorstep with one daffodil ; she tucked it into the contents of an overflowing litter bin and arrived at Alan 's empty-handed . |
| 28 | She was reluctant to let go of the roach at first but then she hurled it into the fire and got unsteadily to her feet , saying , ‘ I know what . ’ |
| 29 | She pushed it into the slot and dialled , dismayed to see she only had six units left . |
| 30 | The lighting was a problem in the hall , if you had it pointed towards the window it was too bright , if you pointed it into the interior , it was too dark . |