Example sentences of "and [vb past] it into the [adj] " 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 | He took the ladder and slung it into the snow-covered bushes . |
| 3 | Immediately the current caught the oil-drum and with Simon still clinging to it , whisked it off down to the Lock and crashed it into the wooden gates . |
| 4 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 5 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 6 | And then the bought the drill hall and turned it into the public hall and presented it to the island . |
| 7 | THE estranged wife of a cheating council boss told last night how she took his £22,000 Mercedes and rammed it into the front doors of the town hall where he works . |
| 8 | The 28year-old blonde jumped into his Hregistered Mercedes and rammed it into the front doors of Gosport town hall in Hampshire . |
| 9 | Alexei rose to his feet in a single effortless movement , twirled the chanthu one-handed , and speared it into the coarse black sand . |
| 10 | Jazzbeaux made a point with the fingers of her left hand , and jabbed it into the old woman 's throat , twice . |
| 11 | The striker took the ball in his stride and powered it into the top right hand corner from 25 yards . |
| 12 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 13 | And then as he turned and walked away he took the blackjack , which had come out of his pocket in the same handful , and tossed it into the first unblocked drain that he saw . |
| 14 | With a quick reflex action he caught the tompaw , a short stout wooden handle with a steel claw set in the end , and thumped it into the first deal of the day . |
| 15 | She found her travel pass in her top pocket , and slipped it into the automatic gate , muttering ‘ open fucking sesame ’ to the machine . |
| 16 | Once , he even put a live spider on a piece of tape and forced it into the terrified 11-year-old 's mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ She was driving very fast , ’ he said as he folded the map round the photograph and tucked it into the inner pocket of the waterproof saddlebag . |
| 18 | He forked the remaining bit of sausage and dipped it into the runny egg yolk . |
| 19 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 20 | Police intercepted the Peugeot and chased it into the lower Shankill , where the gunmen jumped out . |
| 21 | Police intercepted the Peugeot and chased it into the lower Shankill , where the gunmen jumped out . |