Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers .
2 And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so
3 I led him into the billiard room where I stoked the fire while he sat down in one of the leather chairs and began to remove his shoes .
4 She said , ‘ I led him into the chapel of the Madonna , just like you told me .
5 When I whipped him , when I whipped him into the side just down there .
6 I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’
7 Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place .
8 Once the fry hatched I moved them into a tank of their own .
9 It 'll slide on ca I mean I moved it into the corner so that erm
10 I invited him into the house and there , in the bright light , I took a closer look at him .
11 I kept the piece of paper and , after I returned home and thought more about the episode , I transformed it into a poem .
12 I drew her into a shadowy window embrasure .
13 I bundled him into the care and zoomed off to the nearby University Herbarium with a whole leaf of the plant .
14 I booked them into a working men 's cabaret club in South Wales .
15 I booked him into a clinic , the finest .
16 But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments .
17 I showed her into the parlour .
18 I hauled myself into a sitting position and peered about with my one eye .
19 I 've already told you how I threw them into the river . ’
20 For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences .
21 I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep .
22 The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally .
23 Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf .
24 Indeed , it was at this time that , ironically , I turned myself into a genuine adept of the Magus of the Quotidian .
25 I dug it into the roses instead . ’
26 I folded myself into a police car , dragging Susan after me .
27 I packed my things , and as I was manoeuvring the car I reversed it into a ditch from which it would not shift .
28 I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie .
29 You know I years ago I had a twig you know , an ordinary twig , I stuck it into the ground after three long years , all that was was a stick !
30 On holiday at my parents ' house in Wales , I locked myself into the ground floor bathroom and swore that one day I would be a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion .
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