Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at once , two more leapt forward and scooped up the bleeding lumps of flesh and bone and flung them into the open furnaces . |
| 2 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 3 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 4 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 5 | Only one Egyptian historian is known to us , the priestly scribe Manetho who compiled the list of all the pharaohs and conveniently divided them into the particular groups or dynasties which Egyptologists still employ today . |
| 6 | I took the wad of twenties out of the bag and stuffed them into the back pocket of my jeans . |
| 7 | So because they do n't like the sound of this the other two have drawn off their magic stone and got them into the top jobs in er consortium ! |
| 8 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 9 | Things that filled her with joy and drew her into the everyday lives of the two people she had loved for so many lonely years . |
| 10 | In his last years , Gresham 's fame as a magician drew him into the sordid court intrigues surrounding the divorce of Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | He threw the luggage into the boot of her hired car and helped her into the front seat . |
| 12 | Immediately the current caught the oil-drum and with Simon still clinging to it , whisked it off down to the Lock and crashed it into the wooden gates . |
| 13 | The company took the name of the new boss , who moved it into the structural market , building bridges , stations , hotels and even piers at Redcar , Bournemouth and Plymouth . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 16 | There he flung himself into the local setting with characteristic abandon and commitment , participating in the daily round of village life with an eagerness and zest which he attributed partly to his Polish temperament ; there he established standards of meticulous and painstaking observation and inquiry which have been an inspiration to social anthropologists ever since . |
| 17 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 18 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 19 | Eva Hendrix started to chatter in her persuasive voice while the uniformed chauffeur drove them into the ancient town of Freiburg . |
| 20 | Léonie , with her sleeves rolled up and Victorine 's big blue overall wrapped round her , held the smeared plates under the hot tap , dunked them into the soapy water in the yellowing plastic bowl in the enamel sink , stacked them in the wooden rack on the tin draining-board . |
| 21 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 22 | The victory , the 18th of Kite 's career , was worth $198,000 and lifted him into the top spot on this year 's US Tour money-winning list with $292,361 . |
| 23 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 24 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 25 | The truth is that the social sciences reflected the pre-conceptions and problems of bourgeois liberalism in its classic form , which was not found in Germany , where bourgeois society inserted itself into the Bismarckian framework of aristocrats and bureaucrats . |
| 26 | The treatment hammered them into the defenceless mind . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , come inside and have a cup of tea , ’ she said , and showed me into the front room of the house . |
| 28 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
| 29 | He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall . |
| 30 | As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno . |