Example sentences of "push them into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three children , aged between four and seven , scream as uniformed East Berlin police drag them and their mother off and push them into a lorry as they stand outside the US embassy in East Berlin , hoping desperately to get inside . |
| 2 | In the strength of that voice she was able to gather up her papers , push them into her satchel , and leave the room with perfect dignity . |
| 3 | Cut sprigs of cherry laurel and yew from their main branches ensuring you leave a long stem and securely push them into the cane ring until the circle is complete |
| 4 | Repeat this procedure with the apples if they do not already have stems and push them into the cane |
| 5 | Group them in twos or threes , securing with green tape and carefully push them into the cane |
| 6 | Start with small sprigs of the foliage that will form the body of the arrangement and push them into the foam at random to make a fairly even shape , as seen from all sides . |
| 7 | Yet Account Executives ( AEs ) push them into investing in futures capital they can not afford to lose by underplaying the extent of the gamble , emphasising the potential gain . |
| 8 | She paused to roll up the magazines and push them into her handbag , rummaging for her ticket . |
| 9 | Now we , we come out with plants and push them into the ground straight away do n't we ? |
| 10 | I suppose the trouble is yeah if you do push , if you do go for that the other side cos you just sort of push them into the |
| 11 | God did everything except push them into the land . |
| 12 | Bury cuttings to half their depth , either by pushing them into the soil or by lining them along the side of a slit cut in the soil with a spade ( in heavy soil , sprinkle a layer of sand at the base of the slit ) . |
| 13 | If the performer ca n't stand the heat at this stage of their career , we 're doing no favours pushing them into the kitchen . |
| 14 | By pushing them into mannerism , Elvis distances himself from their demands , physical and psychological . |
| 15 | She folded her nightgown and robe , pushing them into a corner of her case without regard for the fragile material . |
| 16 | The central characters are emphasised by pushing them into the foreground with bold biting or by establishing them appropriately within an off-beat compositional design . |
| 17 | Indeed Katie 's group , when I 'd pushed them into talking about Mitch a little more , spent most of their time examining his picture and finding fault with his appearance . |
| 18 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 19 | The second person carries the stakes and hands them to the third , unpointed ends first , who then pushes them into the ground and fastens the top line to the net with a half-hitch . |
| 20 | Now what tends to happen is , as you know , there is lots and lots of different guests on his chat show and if he feels threatened by them in any way shape or form , what he does he relaxes her , comes in over the top , turns them over , takes them by the shoulder and pushes them into the chair and what he is saying , he is saying , this is my chat show , do n't you submit . |
| 21 | TODAY launched a campaign after customers claimed high-pressure selling techniques were used to push them into signing misleading agreements . |
| 22 | Their lack of other skills or a decent education often pushed them into routine manual labour , though jobs within football did increase between the wars . |
| 23 | So what was it that pushed them into a far more extreme position towards Mary than that of 1558 ? |
| 24 | He pushed them into the boy 's top pocket . |
| 25 | In the ten ‘ three-way ’ marginals — in which they were the main challengers just ahead of Labour — Labour won one ( Cambridge ) and pushed them into third place in another seven . |
| 26 | He made her a cup of tea while she sorted the washing , closed up the cases and pushed them into the cupboard under the stairs . |
| 27 | When Young subsequently became the Chairman of Alexander Hughes , then in its original guise as an insurance company advising pension fund managers , he pushed them into entering the headhunting business . |
| 28 | African states went to war with each other often enough to have a large number of captives to sell , and competition among the slave traders encouraged this and pushed them into searching aggressively for slaves among their neighbours or else finding themselves enslaved by their better-equipped rivals . |
| 29 | When the proceedings were adjourned for lunch , Julia collected the notes she had been conscientiously making and pushed them into her briefcase , before looking for David to see whether he wanted to have lunch with her . |
| 30 | He scooped up some pellets and pushed them into an empty flower pot , keeping his thumb over the hole in the bottom . |