Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 2 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 3 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 4 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 5 | She led her into the house . |
| 6 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 7 | She led him into the sitting room . |
| 8 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 9 | She led him into the kitchen where the fire burnt cheerfully in the grate . |
| 10 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 11 | So she helped them into the boat and they embraced one another . |
| 12 | Satisfied , she helped him into the bath and began soaping him all over ; as usual , he bawled loudly when it came to washing his hair . |
| 13 | She let him into the flat , where the television was on . |
| 14 | She drew me into the kitchen and stretched out her arms , leaning backward a bit , and said , ‘ How I love people who say ‘ Yes ’ to life . ’ |
| 15 | Taking Mungo 's hand in hers , which was clawed with arthritis , she drew him into the house . |
| 16 | She thumbed them into the magazine before placing it carefully back in the box with the weapon . |
| 17 | She drove it into the side of his head as hard as she could , hearing a crack as she smashed his temporal bone . |
| 18 | Sealing an envelope , she dropped it into the basket of outgoing mail . |
| 19 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 20 | She folded it into the cleft of her black bra . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , mind you eat these courgettes , ’ she said to her daughter , as she sliced them into the pan . |
| 22 | She followed him into the kitchen . |
| 23 | She followed him into the house . |
| 24 | She followed him into the bathroom . |
| 25 | She followed him into the kitchen and sat down in the chair offered to her . |
| 26 | When he had finished eating , she followed him into the drawing-room and watched him open her present . |
| 27 | She followed him into the garden . |
| 28 | She followed him into the dining-room and sat quietly while he ordered breakfast for her . |
| 29 | She followed him into the field and they sat beneath the shade of a large oak tree . |
| 30 | Warning herself to tread carefully this evening , she followed him into the dining-room . |