Example sentences of "[v-ing] to push [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're going to push them on this one , Clarac . |
| 2 | For a moment , Implexion thought she meant their affair and was attempting to push it into the realms of firm commitment . |
| 3 | A hidden mechanism activates , ejecting a series of sharp knife blades threatening to push him from the ledge . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ she squealed , trying to push him off the edge of the sun-lounger and into the swimming-pool , which was how the accident yesterday had happened , fooling around by the poolside like a couple of kids when Ruth had slipped on a supposedly non-slip surface and wrenched her ankle . |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's the kind of thing you 're trying to push me towards . |
| 6 | So it was something in my subconscious trying to push me from infantile dependency to maturation that brought it about that , in the dream , I could not find the inn again . |
| 7 | He was taking food from his mouth and trying to push it into my mouth . |
| 8 | He fumbled with the key , trying to push it into the lock , cursing when it would n't turn . |
| 9 | And you also see the other function of the relief road as a means of distributing local traffic er around the fringe of Harrogate er and trying to push it onto other radials to get into the town centre . |