Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I slip his key into the lock , turn it , and step inside . |
| 2 | Porterfield is set to alter his five-man midfield for today 's visit to Selhurst Park , with Le Saux most likely to be dropped after hurling his shirt into the dugout when substituted . |
| 3 | Fond as the rector was of Harold Shoosmith , he found himself disliking his intrusion into the present conversation . |
| 4 | Uncertainly , he turned his back on the prowling form of Jeopardy and attempted to curl his body into the movement Amber had disrupted . |
| 5 | Weclome back : Nigel Mansell will attempt to write his name into the motor racing record books this weekend . |
| 6 | With an eye to attracting ‘ bigger name ’ stars onto the show , Verity Lambert saw an opening for Francis as Nero and asked Spooner to write his personality into the scripts . |
| 7 | In 1969 , he achieved his lifelong ambition of a daily Trotskyist newspaper , The Workers Press , and transformed his group into the Workers Revolutionary Party . |
| 8 | Anthony Blunt [ q.v. ] sponsored his entry into the exclusive intellectual secret society , the Apostles . |
| 9 | Lawyer moved his lodge into the centre of the commissioners ' camp and , under his influence , the chiefs seemed ready to sign . |
| 10 | Mr Spiro swapped London for California and moved his family into the luxury home earlier this year . |
| 11 | Police are seeking a conman who tricked his way into the home of a 74-year-old woman in Smith Terrace , Gateshead , and stole £3 , hours after two conmen stole a purse from the home of an 83-year-old woman also in Smith Terrace . |
| 12 | He bent his head into the hollow at the back of my neck . |
| 13 | It 's been a popular strategy ever since The Rolling Stones played the small marquee at the 1963 National Jazz Festival in Richmond — the event that subsequently mutated into Reading — and provoked scenes of hysteria as hundreds of excited youths abandoned the main arena and jostled to catch a whiff of this liberating new air , leaving a bewildered Acker Bilk tootling his way into the footnotes of history . |
| 14 | At the end of 1990 Grayson found his way into the Preston first team and was selected for Lancashire last year in his first real season . |
| 15 | Dale McIntosh might sound as through he comes from North of the Border , but one look at the young no.8 's Maori features makes you wonder how he found his way into the Scottish squad . |
| 16 | A day or two later she was to receive another surprise so far as animals were concerned when the ginger kitten , more adventurous than his brothers , found his way into the cabin where the Dalmatian was suckling her pups and joined in the free feast . |
| 17 | Richard was crying now , pressing his face into the deep folds of her skirt . |
| 18 | Sighing , he let his key into the lock . |
| 19 | Now Rocky is in , things 'll be more fluid and Brian will be able to work his way into the whole picture . |
| 20 | ‘ How did it come about ? ’ asked Greg , neatly insinuating his toe into the opening . |
| 21 | The woodwork again came to Monaghan 's rescue eight minutes from time when Coyle weaved his way into the United penalty area , only to see his shot flicked onto the upright by O'Shea . |
| 22 | Tynemouth had the last say , however , when a poorly taken 16 metre hit out by Alderson was met by Malcolm Hall who weaved his way into the area to finish the score Tynemouth 's third . |
| 23 | The dhāmi put his hand into the plate of rice , agitating the grains , stirring them round , picking them up , then letting them sift back through his fingers . |
| 24 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 25 | The Robemaker had only to exert his will ; he had already clawed his way into the minds of the two slaves with the axes ; it would be nothing to him now to whip their minds to his will . |
| 26 | Not content with a reprieve , Weir somehow managed to talk his way into the referee 's notebook for dissent before play could be restarted after the original infringement . |
| 27 | While he mulled over his future , Rudd gradually sorted out the handling so that by July 1960 the Type 48 was good enough for Hill to put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix , clawing his way into the lead after losing a third of a lap through stalling on the grid . |
| 28 | A cordwainer drove his marlin-spike into the platform between Lucie 's feet . |
| 29 | He gave his life for the King , because , as I entered , Detchard pulled himself free and drove his sword into the doctor 's side . |
| 30 | The guy , the drummer just drove his car into the swimming pool did n't he and drowned . |