Sentence examples for had drilled into from inspiring English sources

Fishermen had drilled into the shells to remove the snails.

A bullet had drilled into the girl's brain as she slept.

Each team had drilled into a different line of questioning, but remarkably they ended up with similar views.

Ashamed of the frugality that poverty had drilled into him, he took to buying rounds for fellow "oyster pirates" as freely as they did for him.

Mr. Omidyar had drilled into one of the richest veins of the on-line world, the desire of people to connect with others who share their interests.

But the Interior Department denied the company royalty relief, saying that Shell had drilled into an older field already producing oil and gas.

Worse, he detracted from critical problems that the board should have drilled into and resolved.

For Islanders Coach Jack Capuano, the Game 2 win reinforced concepts he has drilled into his young team.

They should have drilled into allowances for loan losses, and they should have been especially alert for signs that the banks were playing games when they sold loans.

Green, who left HSBC to become trade minister in 2011, added: "It would have been better to have drilled into the detail much earlier".

Mentor after mentor, from Anthony Minghella to Harvey Weinstein to Josie Rourke, has drilled into me the same principle: story, story, story; plot, plot, plot.