Example sentences of "him into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trials of his childhood and teenage years turned him into the perfect Prince , but they did not alter his fundamental nature . |
| 2 | Intelligent and well researched , Morrissey escapes the naivety and hypocrisy that has brought a thousand young and earnest rock stars before him into the shallow waters of the plastic art form pop music so often is . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Rachel was pale as she walked beside him into the cool marble courtyard , the towering stone fountain echoing beneath the glass dome . |
| 5 | Then she lit him up the stairs , and went before him into the panelled solar , where Rhodri rose from a tall chair by the fire to receive him . |
| 6 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 7 | ‘ I know you did n't come to be thanked , Gregory , ’ she said , motioning him into the other chair , ‘ but thanked you must be . |
| 8 | He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room . |
| 9 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 10 | And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 11 | It puzzled him into the New Year of 1961 that no one asked his opinion . |
| 12 | Efforts to turn him into the new Olivier met a similar fate . |
| 13 | Mosley did find kindred spirits in the Labour movement , some of whom followed him into the New Party and a smaller proportion into fascism , but although the party conference and the Labour movement in general were sympathetic to his practical suggestions , the Labour government rejected his proposals . |
| 14 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 15 | Wexford and Burden edged themselves courteously but firmly past him into the narrow hall . |
| 16 | ‘ The penthouse suite , ’ he announced and , inserting a key into the lock , opened the door and swept her with him into the spacious sitting-room . |
| 17 | And , following him into the spacious room , Folly could see exactly how faithfully the artist had carried out her patron 's — her lover 's ? — wishes . |
| 18 | She pushed him into the right positions . |
| 19 | He took it into the box where the keeper came out & spread well , but Wallace knocked it over him into the right side of the net . |
| 20 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 21 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |
| 22 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
| 23 | Maisie had gone before him into the front garden . |
| 24 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 25 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 26 | He watched the young nun usher his two companions away and allowed Lady Amelia to take him into the small chamber , really no more than a cell with a table , stool and truckle bed . |
| 27 | ( They pick up PROF ENO and throw him into the small drainage channel that runs alongside the playing field ) |
| 28 | It worked ; the old man came with him into the junk-filled yard . |
| 29 | Now I took him into my home , it was an extremely costly thing to do , and eventually we got him into the Chiltern Clinic . |
| 30 | Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking . |