Example sentences of "and [vb base] him into [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor suggested I give Chris a cold drink or an ice cream , and bring him into hospital if he got worse . |
| 2 | His subsequent career has been a switchback which reached its nadir five years ago , when Thomas Hearns produced a devastating right to the chin to knock him out and send him into retirement . |
| 3 | He had not liked his ride from Newmarket in the horse-box but she had watched Bunny whisper and wheedle him into tranquillity . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll have the police here at any moment , ready to take the boy away and throw him into prison ! ’ |
| 5 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 6 | He had taken the trouble to seek out the young man in the morning and tease him into conversation — as he thought subtly , but Harrison was immediately aware that he was being sized up . |