Example sentences of "[verb] i into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 2 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 3 | Highlights include ‘ Allergy plight of nice-girl Nicky — ‘ one sip of vodka turns me into a sex maniac ’ ’ ( News of the World magazine ) and ‘ Women could be turned on by a chunk of cheddar ’ ( People ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Do please change me into a wolf , Mr Bilsiter , ’ said Mrs Hampton during lunch on the day of his arrival . |
| 5 | ‘ But somehow that mistake sort of propelled me into an approach which is still very significant to what I do . |
| 6 | You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything . |
| 7 | She led me into a parlour . |
| 8 | He led me into a corridor . |
| 9 | She led me into a bed-sitting-room . |
| 10 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 11 | He led me into the hut he had just come out of |
| 12 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 13 | But it just got me into a lot of fights , that 's all . |
| 14 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 15 | It must have lulled me into a day dream . |
| 16 | He could n't have rushed passed me into the bedroom , seized the bottle as a convenient weapon — he could n't have known it was there , anyway — and then dashed back out to hit me before dragging me … do you see what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 17 | Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while . |
| 18 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 19 | Her daughter invited me into the house , as one of her mother 's friends , to see the body . |
| 20 | From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ . |
| 21 | She drew me into the kitchen and stretched out her arms , leaning backward a bit , and said , ‘ How I love people who say ‘ Yes ’ to life . ’ |
| 22 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
| 23 | Crilly tries to coax me into the booth but I shrug out from under his arms and make an excuse about the family . |
| 24 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 25 | Afterwards , when I continued to sob as children do , she would order me to stop or she would ‘ stomp me into the ground ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men . |
| 27 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 28 | When I got to the house Ted was singing a pub song and he practically bundled me into a cupboard to discuss his favourite subject — Dad . |
| 29 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 30 | I am indebted to husband John for pushing me into the purchase at a time I obviously needed the machine but was not very full of vim and zip to get it and learn it . |