Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] him into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poll tax has been an outstanding success for the right hon. Member for Wirral , West ( Mr. Hunt ) — it has got him into the Cabinet . |
| 2 | Nicholson 's new boy Adrian Maguire has thirty four winners already … but a double from Richard Dunwoody has taken him into the twenties |
| 3 | She 'd followed him into the Rockingham public house by the Elephant and Castle . |
| 4 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 5 | Would you have made him into the working-class Christopher Fry ? |
| 6 | He had grabbed hold of Cliff and had him halfway over the ship 's side and would have dumped him into the dock had he not been restrained by a couple of his workmates . |
| 7 | In the normal way I would not have followed him into the gunsmith 's , a place of such absolute masculinity , smelling of game and metal , ringing with men 's talk . |
| 8 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 9 | I was mad with him , could have battered him into the ground I could if I was strong enough . ’ |
| 10 | It was an important occasion because his uncle was to have initiated him into the mysteries of handling langoustines . |
| 11 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 12 | As he had been invited to dine with Members afterwards , his secretary had booked him into The Howard Hotel , a few hundred yards from Parliament Square on the Victoria Embankment , overlooking the Tower of London to the east and the Houses of Parliament to the west . |
| 13 | After he 'd been coaxed out of the cart in the yard , three serving women had carried him into the house . |
| 14 | She tried to brush aside memories of the eager , tiny child that Hank had been , a child who had adored his ugly , heavy-footed Ukrainian grandfather , a child who had screamed with rage at her when she had thrust him into the arms of an unknown babysitter or had forced him to play alone in the basement , until he became a silent , morose schoolboy . |
| 15 | Now , I have n't met this gentleman , but I 'm told that he is a great expert on the question of sound and the nature of sound and , and the problems by it , and I 've invited him into the studio and I 'm going to interview him . |
| 16 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 17 | Because of his language ability , Heydrich himself had pulled him into the Sicherheitsdienst , the SS security service , known as the SD . |
| 18 | He was Thorfinn 's first cousin , and his very revolt against his heritage had driven him into the arms of Siward and Durham . |
| 19 | ‘ Survival of the — ’ Jamie drew his breath in sharply and pulled the stick so hard he almost fell off his stool , but he managed to dodge the darting yellow bolts that had driven him into the corner of the screen' — nastiest . ’ |
| 20 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 21 | Uncle Fred left four sons , two of whom had followed him into the Marines and a widow , Aunt May , who suffered from what was then referred to as shaking palsy . |
| 22 | A BUNGLING shoplifter tried to flog a pair of Marks and Spencer shorts — to the store detective who had followed him into the street after seeing him nick them . |
| 23 | His cheerful rubicund face was graver than usual , and when she had ushered him into the dining-room he began without preliminary : |
| 24 | such important guest this evening she 's let him into the banquet and of course the guys are dying at this stage . |
| 25 | Warne 's exploits in the Old Trafford Test , when he grabbed eight wickets , have catapulted him into the Top 10 of the Coopers and Lybrand Ratings , where he is within sight of another Aussie scourge of England , absent medium-fast bowler Bruce Reid . |
| 26 | I have put him into the London to act as lieutenant , ’ the admiral reported . |
| 27 | I have initiated him into the ‘ Secret Doctrine ’ , opened his centres of vision and given him the means to communicate with the Powers . |