Example sentences of "[to-vb] she into a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not always understood that he does not only help her but has frequently to lead her into a movement . |
| 2 | Her cruel circumstances conspired to put her into a remand home at 14 — and from there she went to an adolescent unit , until the age of 17 . |
| 3 | Every time she put her nose out of the door , there he seemed to be , and if he was n't outside he was inside , making provocative remarks that were guaranteed to drive her into a fury . |
| 4 | Lord knows what they say to her , but they must be on at her night and day , to get her into a state where she 's afraid to acknowledge me on the phone ! ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 6 | ‘ She thinks they 're trying to get her into a home . ’ |
| 7 | Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law was similar to , though less antagonistic than , Mrs Kitchener 's daughter , in that she said she found looking after her mother-in-law a strain , that it was time-consuming , and putting a strain on her marriage ; she and her mother-in-law had never got on very well , and she ‘ would like to get her into a Home , ’ . |
| 8 | To get her into a routine , I started leaving food out at the same time and place every day , always whistling the same tune , so that she would associate it with being fed . |
| 9 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 10 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 11 | To trick her into a marriage of convenience , ’ she accused . |
| 12 | She asked the powers to make her into a Stone as well but this was not granted . |
| 13 | I tried to change her , to make her into a woman she could not be . ’ |