Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] 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 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 4 | Elisabeth put her hand under Rosa Jacobsen 's elbow and led her into the cottage . |
| 5 | As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine . |
| 6 | After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room . |
| 7 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 8 | He put his arm around her and led her into the room , and Maggie got up to go . |
| 9 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 10 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 11 | A pack leader saw the police in hot pursuit , called six Sturmabteilungen to him and led them into the stadium . |
| 12 | Lady Macleod received the travellers in ‘ a stately dining-room ’ , fed them and led them into the drawing-room for tea to meet the family . |
| 13 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 14 | Do come in , ’ she said , and led him into the dining-room . |
| 15 | She took his hand and led him into the sitting room . |
| 16 | The tiny woman took Tuppe by the hand and led him into the darkness at the rear of the shop . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's this way , ’ Ashley said , and led him into the house . |
| 18 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 19 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 20 | He helped the crew hang up their coats , said , ‘ So ! ’ again , and led us into the living-room , a modest affair with a bookcase of mainly naval books , a desk with photographs of his dead family , a crucifix , and , on a separate table , a model of a U-boat . |
| 21 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 22 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 23 | ‘ My pleasure , ’ he murmured , and , lifting her easily into his arms , he carried her up the stairs and lowered her into the middle of the huge old bed . |
| 24 | Once home , I tentatively lifted the bag and lowered it into the tank to acclimatise the fish . |
| 25 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 26 | He took the ladder and slung it into the snow-covered bushes . |
| 27 | And that curtain went from the window right across the room and pinned itself into the piano , pinned the curtains into the piano . |
| 28 | The farmer was silent as I soaped my arm and inserted it into the cow . |
| 29 | The man peeled off two bank notes from the roll in his pocket and stuffed them into the conductor 's tunic pocket . |
| 30 | Feeling the cold more than ever in my nakedness , I had , reluctantly , dismantled a poor looking cloth-bound work titled A Victorian Psalter , scrunched up the pages and stuffed them into the spaces around my body . |