Example sentences of "[to-vb] she into [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or was he just trying to provoke her into an argument for the sheer hell of it ? |
| 2 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 3 | It is not always understood that he does not only help her but has frequently to lead her into a movement . |
| 4 | Tracey laughed , and put his hand under her elbow to guide her into the cinema . |
| 5 | " Do you have sons and daughters , madame ? " he inquired politely to draw her into the conversation . |
| 6 | We might as well both be invisible , she told herself with irritation , conveniently forgetting Luke 's earlier attempts to draw her into the conversation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm . |
| 11 | Not to this hard man who wanted to grind her into the dirt . |
| 12 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 13 | 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 ! ’ |
| 14 | I do n't think I can find her lodgings , but I could try to get her into a home . |
| 15 | ‘ She thinks they 're trying to get her into a home . ’ |
| 16 | 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 , ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then it began to dim as he realised , first , that it was Viola Angotti and , second , that he was not going to get her into the garbage can without a great deal of help . |
| 19 | I managed to get her into the car and drove her back to her aunt 's in Hastings . |
| 20 | Christina was pleased to get her into the car without being mobbed , and drove quickly out of town and on to the coast-road . |
| 21 | And she 'd to go to , to get her into the pony and cart and get her away to the doctor 's and get it stitched and , oh boy . |
| 22 | no wonder it was , me dad was trying to get her into the house and everything and she said oh well so and so 's got me key well I said I 'm not bloody phoning er their Nora |
| 23 | Desmond , after the briefest of mutters , hurried after her to tuck her into the car . |
| 24 | Oh who cares , I thought , and tried to bundle her into the bag right away . |
| 25 | The gale threatened to blow her into the water . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | ( 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 . |
| 28 | To trick her into a marriage of convenience , ’ she accused . |
| 29 | She turned to glare at him and made an effort to resist as he made to propel her into the passenger seat . |
| 30 | She asked the powers to make her into a Stone as well but this was not granted . |