Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 2 | The devil had booked them into the same room . |
| 3 | What magic did these brothers possess that had catapulted them into the rarefied atmosphere of the multi-billionaires . |
| 4 | It was nearly forty years later that I met the man who had carried me into the only half track we had left and who reassured me . |
| 5 | It had long been understood that , while the refugee camps of the East Bank had remained pro-PLO ever since the events of 1970–1 , the wealthier Palestinians had incorporated themselves into the Jordanian establishment . |
| 6 | Six years later Murphy had turned it into the biggest agency in Scotland , overtaking Barkers , traditionally the market leader , and bought it out ( the implicit threat being that he would start up on his own ) for £100,000 . |
| 7 | She began to get up but by now the man and the bear had moved themselves into the open area of the coach between the pairs of doors . |
| 8 | ‘ Several times more than once , ’ the Doctor said , the tone of his voice reflecting the numerous occasions on which Bernice had dragged him into the flea-pit cinema she 'd found in the TARDIS and insisted that he pay attention to the noir motifs and the semiotics of Double Indemnity . |
| 9 | Although it hardly featured in the Report , the nature of lending in Sri Lanka , and its consequences in the first part of the twentieth century had burnt itself into the collective consciousness of many and clearly influenced the Commission . |
| 10 | She wondered what experience had moulded him into the cynical man that he now was . |
| 11 | Although she had moulded herself into the demure and restrained wife suitable to Stephen 's position , deep down she still possessed the wild spirits which had led her into Sir William Forster 's arms . |
| 12 | ‘ Who are you ? ’ the teenager asked after he had led her into the main concourse . |
| 13 | At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee . |
| 14 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 15 | Manchester United looked like they had forced themselves into the second round of the UEFA Cup when they went two goals ahead after four spot kicks when Paul Ince and Denis Irwin buried their chances . |
| 16 | When I phoned Kagan he told me that he had instructed his trustees in Israel to make the payment , but by some terrible misunderstanding they had paid it into the wrong charity . ’ |