Example sentences of "[vb past] him into a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |
2 | Still , the pain of the bite , like white-hot tongs , drove him into a new fury ; battering fists , to again fell Anton . |
3 | But whisky turned him into a savage bully . |
4 | An elderly office boy wordlessly showed him into a narrow , bumf-heaped office that contained , with difficulty , seven people . |
5 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
6 | I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen . |
7 | I followed him into a small room . |
8 | She followed him into a tiny , brightly lit room that was suffused with the most delectable scents of cooking . |
9 | Still a little numb from shock , Juliet followed him into a huge hall , all gilt objects , velvet hangings , mirrors and oil-paintings . |
10 | He rose and staggered out and we followed him into a stinking alleyway a short distance from the tavern . |
11 | He opened the door by his desk , and they followed him into a large room filled with dark , solid furniture . |
12 | She demoted him into a mere irritant with popping eyes , a frog . |
13 | He said his hectic work schedule led him into a downward spiral where he needed a drink to relax and help him sleep . |
14 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
15 | She took him into a small office with a window overlooking the harbour . |
16 | Six members of staff restrained Sigsworth and took him into a secure room where he was injected with a drug and the police were called . |
17 | Normally this was Beth 's favourite time … when her son was lying sleepy in his bed and she would read him a story about creatures and little people ; gentle stories that soon sent him into a peaceful slumber . |
18 | To her relief , although it was very faint , she found a pulse , and quickly she loosened his tie , unbuttoned his shirt and somehow manoeuvred him into a better position , all the while talking to him , reassuring him , telling him he was safe . |
19 | He persuaded Reid 's wife , actress Dorothy Davenport , to sign Wally 's commitment papers which put him into a private sanatorium . |
20 | Election defeats at the hands of Shaftesbury , now lord chancellor , in 1673 ‘ put him into a great rage ’ and brought him to the fore in parliamentary debates . |
21 | In fact , she thought , tonsure his greying hair and put him into a plain robe and he would have passed for a tubby , somewhat benign-looking monk . |
22 | She ushered him into a stuffy little room lit by bright spotlights . |
23 | I chivvied him into a quick shower . |