Глаголы в адвербиальной функции (каузативные конструкции)

1. Aunt Alexandra stared him to silence.

2. She had tended them, mothered them into life.

3. Then there came a resounding knock on the door. For a short space Mary was shocked into immobility by the sudden tumult of the knock.

4. A group of 16 United Technologies Corporation employees have filed a suit charging that the company tried to intimidate them into abandoning their plan to form a union. ("Nsw.")

5. We're told one minute we may be blown up in a nuclear war unless we're taxed out of our homes to pay for bigger bombs.

6. Bobby had a vivid imagination. He had always thought that it was one of his best qualities. But he could not simply imagine his way out of this mess. (D. Koontz)

7. The Welsh actor nearly drunk himself out of a career during the 1970s, after which he struggled back to sobriety and stardom. ("FT')

8. She had ricocheted through three teen-age marriages, the first at 14 or 15.

9. A small clique of powerful people run this country and swindle their way through a general election, saying anything to hang on to power. ("G.")

10. When playing chess you see a good move, the great Dr.Tarrasch advised, sit on your hands and look for a better one. That may be right for grandmaster but as every club player knows, a good move should be played quickly before you think yourself out of it. (" Ind. ")

11. An electronic device used by anglers to shock worms to the soil's surface for bait is being recalled because 30 people have been electrocuted by similar instruments. (" IHT')

12. The very kindest of popes, Gregory the Great, while forbidding torture and persecution of Jews, was not above bribing them into baptism. Any Jew in Rome who converted had his rent reduced by one-third. (P.de Rosa)

13. Why do Russians have such awful taste in rock music? Hard on the heels of the news that Boris Yeltsin listened to Elvis singing "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" during the coup, comes the news that Uncle Bob Geldof is being wheeled out to hear a television concert for Russia from Paris tomorrow. If the coup leaders had thought of using Bob, they might have bored the Russian parliament into submission. ("G.")

14. In wanton disregard of its own precedents, the U.S. Supreme Court has announced that the wrongful use of a coerced confession at a criminal trial need not automatically require the reversal of a conviction. Even if the accused was clubbed into confessing, the prosecution's use of that confession can be deemed "harmless error", a minor flaw in an otherwise fair trial. (" IHT ")

15. When they go to the polls next week, Norwegians are expected to vote out of office the socialist government that has presided over Norway's improving fortunes and put in its place a conservative coalition that offers little by way of substantive change. ("Nsw.")

16. The ticket touts are having a rough time. The latest plan is to starve them out of business. The burger bars, sandwich seller and tea ladies at the stadium have been asked not to serve suspicious-looking men who have a pocketful of tickets. ("T.")

17. A year ago the British Government legislated the death penalty off the statute books of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Monserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands. (" G. ")

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