Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] us into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This schematic way of thinking channels us into an obscurantist cul-de-sac instead of regenerating our culture . |
| 2 | Perhaps disappointingly , after all this thought to protection from viruses , we have not been seriously attacked : the worst that happened was an attempt to lead us into an adventure game . |
| 3 | Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas . |
| 4 | The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " . |
| 5 | An attempt to answer this question takes us into the field of a phenomenological epistemology . |
| 6 | The nurse in charge called us into the office , where a young female duty doctor was waiting . |
| 7 | This of course takes us into the domain of attitudes and feelings of the learners , and is an area more influenced by emotion . |
| 8 | Yet the time taken to tell the story draws us into the timelessness of the forest and gives the unfolding tragedy its full , ironic measure . |
| 9 | I had hardly had time to consider this problem : rip P J O'Rourke off , or get dressed , before the pilot jerked us into a vertical dive ? |
| 10 | Peter , too , stresses that the Spirit calls us into the experience of suffering which Christ underwent . |
| 11 | Instead of letting our success lead us into a fat-cat mentality , it led us much more strongly and much faster into a mentality of asking what are we going to do with it . |
| 12 | Good League results led even the club 's sternest critic to believe that in Vic Noodle we had found the man to take us into the Football League . |
| 13 | R4 THIS MORNING SAYS DON HOWE IS ANOTHER LIKELY CANDIDATE TO TAKE US INTO THE NEW YEAR . |
| 14 | The discount system has the potential to run us into a substantial amount of trouble and I believe that very few people will be prepared to defend it in a year or two . |
| 15 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 16 | A symbol calls us into the realms of MYSTERY , introduces us into an awareness which can not be attained by mere thought . |
| 17 | The small accomplice waved us into the lorry . |
| 18 | However , it was as a goalscorer that Mel gained an undisputed niche in Palace 's history as the scorer of our first-ever goal in Division One , when his fine , dipping header put us into the lead and on the way to a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on the opening day of season 1969–70 . |
| 19 | Today , after a period of five short years , we are a health-conscious nation , exercising careful concern about our guests ' cholesterol levels when we invite them round to supper , looking unconcerned as yet another jogger pounds us into the pavement as we take a stroll , and reacting with sheer open-eyed shock at the sight of a plate of bacon , eggs and bangers as we spoon down our own regular morning bran cereal — or dish of F-Pan Fibre-Filler . |
| 20 | erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training . |
| 21 | After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books . |