Example sentences of "[that] [verb] him into " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same mentality that led him into the folie de grandeur of thinking that , having been a champion driver , he was also fitted to run a motor-racing team — indeed , to think that he was better fitted to do so than those for whom he had worked and driven . |
| 2 | It was not wickedness that led him into crime but a cheerfully impulsive nature and an almost complete lack of reasoning power . |
| 3 | In referring once again to employee share ownership schemes , an idea that got him into trouble after the last election , he signalled that he still believed in the ‘ popular socialism ’ that he had advanced in those days as the answer to Thatcher 's ‘ popular capitalism ’ . |
| 4 | It was probably the affairs of the East India trade that propelled him into politics ; with the ‘ old ’ East India company still in existence , many members of the ‘ new ’ company sought election to Parliament to protect the company 's interests . |
| 5 | What was it about Judith that threw him into such confusion now , as then ? |
| 6 | Once all the books on the bottom shelf were used to make three gigantic pyramids that sent him into a fit of despair . |
| 7 | He 'd never felt skin like that , velvet skin , warm and slippery skin that absorbed him into her . |
| 8 | " It is not a job that brings him into the public eye , but , believe me , he is one of the most trusted officers of the bank . " |