Example sentences of "dragging [pers pn] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We prop the grating open with another branch and spend the next half-hour pulling fallen branches and logs from all over that part of the hill , dragging them into the clump of bushes and throwing them into the shaft ; we snap dead branches off trees and bushes and haul and peel living ones off ; we scrape together armfuls of dry leaf litter and throw those over the edge of the chimney , too ; everything goes under the grating and down into the shaft . |
| 2 | In more dramatic terms , the downgrading of domestic industries reflects the success of the transnational capitalist class in dragging them into the global economy and thereby transforming them , even in a rather minimal sense , into transnational industries . |
| 3 | Nana 's rage struck like lightning ; now she shot from her chair and grabbed Martha by the arm , dragging her into the stuffy gloom of the bedroom . |
| 4 | She put a hand on his shoulder , to slow him , to make him think , and he tightened his grip on her haunches , dragging her into the quickening thump of his hips . |
| 5 | He got out of the car , slammed the door , strode round and hauled her out , dragging her into the villa behind him . |