Example sentences of "and [vb past] it into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He placed the beings , pictured as animals , in a belt embracing the known universe , and divided it into the twelve equal houses of the zodiac ( Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra , Sagittarius , Scorpio , Capricorn , Aquarius and Pisces ) . |
| 2 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |
| 3 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 4 | Once home , I tentatively lifted the bag and lowered it into the tank to acclimatise the fish . |
| 5 | He took the ladder and slung it into the snow-covered bushes . |
| 6 | The farmer was silent as I soaped my arm and inserted it into the cow . |
| 7 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 8 | ‘ Good morning , ’ she answered grudgingly as she hastily unpegged her washing and flung it into the laundry basket at her feet . |
| 9 | She made a grab for her shirt but Felipe took it from her and flung it into the back . |
| 10 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 11 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |
| 12 | She located the air supply tap , pulled a tube from the back of her suit and plugged it into the tap : there was no point in using the suit 's air and batteries while she could draw air from the shuttle 's recyclers . |
| 13 | In 1974 , the fire brigade moved into new premises , rendering the existing building useless — so the local district council bought it for £36,000 and changed it into the block of 10 flats for elderly people . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Lucie threw down the cup he was holding and drove it into the mud with his foot . |
| 16 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 17 | And with that thought , she wrung out her dress , and flopped it into the basket that Sabina had already filled with a heap of the family 's washing . |
| 18 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |
| 19 | Monks tied the locket to a heavy weight and dropped it into the water . |
| 20 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 21 | She brought hot water and watched as he unwrapped a sachet and dropped it into the cup . |
| 22 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 23 | She screwed up the letter and dropped it into the kitchen bin . |
| 24 | She seasoned the mixture and poured it into the pan . |
| 25 | Earlier , supervised by George , she had added a tablespoon of Camp coffee to half a pint of water and poured it into the cut glass whisky decanter on the sideboard . |
| 26 | He picked up the knife and dug it into the picture . |
| 27 | William took a tack from between his teeth and hammered it into the leather and then picked up a file . |
| 28 | Here was a person who took a faculty in another university and turned it into the most famous faculty in the land . |
| 29 | And then the bought the drill hall and turned it into the public hall and presented it to the island . |
| 30 | THE estranged wife of a cheating council boss told last night how she took his £22,000 Mercedes and rammed it into the front doors of the town hall where he works . |