Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] him into " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well what responsibility does the church have for down and outs and should the vicar try to get rid of this man in the churchyard , or should the vicar invite him into the vicarage . |
| 2 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 3 | The President called him into the room . |
| 4 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |
| 5 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 6 | Was she the bait to lure him into a trap ? |
| 7 | The King took him into his barge and cried , ‘ Now I know the greatest heretic in Kent ’ and showed him the letters from Canterbury . |
| 8 | With one hand Taheb did the same , while the other guided him into her . |
| 9 | The bearer pulled him into a passage so thin that even the narrowest of stalls could not wedge itself in . |
| 10 | Tolby seemed to have buttered up all the Devenishes for what he could get : the father took him into the firm and launched him on his career ; Clare darned his socks and cooked him meals ; and Hubert — if Henry was right — had put some business his way . |
| 11 | At one moment the boatswain Jack Allgood comes out of a berserk rage to realise that he , a warrant officer , has allowed his hatred of the captain to lead him into mutiny ; the points of physical detail enforce his emotional agony : |
| 12 | The word followed him into the courtyard . |
| 13 | Even as he uses the accommodation in Annexe A to manoeuvre Serafin into discovering for himself the waiting garret , so he is using the garret to manoeuvre him into rejecting all the proposed associates in Annexe B. Once Serafin has insisted on installing himself in the garret — against all reasonable advice — he is going to discover that the kind of staff he needs will be young and agile , with a good knowledge of the backstairs of Government buildings and an ability to duck their heads and remain inclined slightly forwards for long periods of time . |
| 14 | ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain . |
| 15 | I think we 've got mum to thank as well for erm convincing the doctor to send him into Southwold . |
| 16 | After a while Rostov allowed the press to carry him into a corner . |
| 17 | Tripp 's starting point may have been road accidents , but his overall grasp of the problem took him into wider fields . |
| 18 | The officer led him into what had once been some kind of common room . |
| 19 | The guru sent him into his hut — just a small , leaf-covered hut with a narrow door — to meditate on his parents . |