Example sentences of "he into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The trials of his childhood and teenage years turned him into the perfect Prince , but they did not alter his fundamental nature .
2 Intelligent and well researched , Morrissey escapes the naivety and hypocrisy that has brought a thousand young and earnest rock stars before him into the shallow waters of the plastic art form pop music so often is .
3 Rachel was pale as she walked beside him into the cool marble courtyard , the towering stone fountain echoing beneath the glass dome .
4 Then she lit him up the stairs , and went before him into the panelled solar , where Rhodri rose from a tall chair by the fire to receive him .
5 ‘ I know you did n't come to be thanked , Gregory , ’ she said , motioning him into the other chair , ‘ but thanked you must be .
6 He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room .
7 She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove .
8 It puzzled him into the New Year of 1961 that no one asked his opinion .
9 Efforts to turn him into the new Olivier met a similar fate .
10 Mosley did find kindred spirits in the Labour movement , some of whom followed him into the New Party and a smaller proportion into fascism , but although the party conference and the Labour movement in general were sympathetic to his practical suggestions , the Labour government rejected his proposals .
11 She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his .
12 Wexford and Burden edged themselves courteously but firmly past him into the narrow hall .
13 ‘ The penthouse suite , ’ he announced and , inserting a key into the lock , opened the door and swept her with him into the spacious sitting-room .
14 And , following him into the spacious room , Folly could see exactly how faithfully the artist had carried out her patron 's — her lover 's ? — wishes .
15 She pushed him into the right positions .
16 He took it into the box where the keeper came out & spread well , but Wallace knocked it over him into the right side of the net .
17 She flung him into the Grand Canal .
18 Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row .
19 She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed .
20 Maisie had gone before him into the front garden .
21 She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was .
22 She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today .
23 He watched the young nun usher his two companions away and allowed Lady Amelia to take him into the small chamber , really no more than a cell with a table , stool and truckle bed .
24 ( They pick up PROF ENO and throw him into the small drainage channel that runs alongside the playing field )
25 It worked ; the old man came with him into the junk-filled yard .
26 Now I took him into my home , it was an extremely costly thing to do , and eventually we got him into the Chiltern Clinic .
27 Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking .
28 He managed to grab it with both hands as the force of the water , aided by his frantic struggles , propelled him into the yawning mouth of the tunnel .
29 Three victories took him into the overall lead with 97 points by Christmas .
30 Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation .
  Next page