Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're sticking them back into a |
| 2 | The swing of the hurricane was bringing them back into the eye of the storm . |
| 3 | It was always a project which was in parallel with Queen , because we always had a positive attitude to people doing stuff outside the band , getting new experiences and bringing them back into the band . |
| 4 | Weekend reports suggest that the long-term unemployed — those out of work longer than 12 months — will benefit from a £300 million scheme aimed at bringing them back into the workforce . |
| 5 | By promoting economic aspects and bringing them out into the open for everyone to see , we are contributing towards better informed decisions on the part of prescribers and policy makers alike . ’ |
| 6 | I just roll the phrases round inside my head , smoothing them out , absorbing them back into me , until they 're gone . |
| 7 | An investigation by the Japanese Fisheries Agency concluded in an announcement by the Foreign Ministry that the dolphins had committed a " mass suicide " from which local fisherman had been trying to save them by driving them back into the sea . |
| 8 | She had wanted to get back to her hotel and away from him but , first , he had insisted on driving her out into the wilderness , and now he had marooned them . |
| 9 | For a second his eyes met hers and then he came to her quickly , his body covering her own , pressing her down into the softness of the bed , his skin against hers an almost unbearable pleasure . |
| 10 | " No , it 's his son , " said Walter , shepherding her out into the street . |
| 11 | The expression on his face had grown hard and grim as he 'd scanned the paper in his hands , before angrily crunching it up into a ball and hurling it into a nearby waste-paper basket . |
| 12 | Cork tiles are made by compressing the bark of the cork tree into a block , and then slicing it up into thin layers . |
| 13 | ‘ Winding yourself up into blind hysteria ? ’ he asked sharply . |
| 14 | The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast . |
| 15 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 16 | When a liquid freezes , the molecular character of its surface is not too greatly changed and the energy of the surface remains much the same although the surface tension is no longer able to change the shape of small particles by rounding them off into drops . |
| 17 | She ran a shaking hand over the wispy tendrils , smoothing them back into the neat knot gathered at the nape of her neck , but without the aid of a comb or mirror it was impossible to return her hair to its usual immaculate style . |
| 18 | ‘ The Celts did n't march , ’ Nigel said , dismissing them back into the bushes . |
| 19 | Consider a rebel stretch of human DNA that is capable of snipping itself out of its chromosome , floating freely in the cell , perhaps multiplying itself up into many copies , and then splicing itself into another chromosome . |
| 20 | Pushing her down into a chair , Travis produced her passport from his pocket . |
| 21 | Pushing her back into her chair , he gave her back her glass and it was a measure of her distress that she actually reached out and took it . |
| 22 | They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great . |
| 23 | Certain snakes and lizards are highly efficient at wriggling themselves down into the sand or gravel in such a way that only the tops of their heads and their eyes remain exposed to view . |
| 24 | ‘ I said I 'd think about bringing you out into the field with me . |
| 25 | From a business in crisis , ICI Fertilizers is pulling itself back into viability by concentrating on the needs of its customers . |
| 26 | Not trusting her voice , she shook her head , and , pulling herself up into a sitting position , watched him walk away . |
| 27 | It was a trick , leading him back into the same old treadmill . |
| 28 | " But I mind , I mind very much ! " he snapped , and walked with quick , short steps back to Fernando , taking his arm and leading him off into the crowd . |
| 29 | ‘ Come along , Emily , dear , ’ Aunt Sophie was at her side , catching her arm , leading her back into the centre of the room where the vicar stood over the coffin , ready to pay his last respects to Thomas Grenfell . |
| 30 | It attached itself to him , and Edouard , looking down , recognised the young girl he had seen with Grégoire , pulling him back into the cottage . |