Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] he into " in BNC.

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1 But she has lured him into a giant press , through which she has crawled , and is just able to throw the switch .
2 She 'd followed him into the Rockingham public house by the Elephant and Castle .
3 She 'd goaded him into doing what he 'd done , perhaps even hoping he would take her against her will , she realised in despair .
4 Joe demanded , remembering the last time that she 'd dumped him into trouble in a Chinese restaurant , but the chef said something angry and then ignored him and so Joe pushed on past and shouldered his way through into the main part of the premises .
5 She tried to brush aside memories of the eager , tiny child that Hank had been , a child who had adored his ugly , heavy-footed Ukrainian grandfather , a child who had screamed with rage at her when she had thrust him into the arms of an unknown babysitter or had forced him to play alone in the basement , until he became a silent , morose schoolboy .
6 She had dragged him into a room that turned out to be empty .
7 She meant that , once she had talked him into releasing her from this crazy engagement , she would be free to take up her own life once more .
8 His cheerful rubicund face was graver than usual , and when she had ushered him into the dining-room he began without preliminary :
9 He stared at her almost angrily , as if she had trapped him into a confidence he would have preferred not to have made .
10 And she 's got him into a very good er nursery school apparently .
11 such important guest this evening she 's let him into the banquet and of course the guys are dying at this stage .
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