Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identity of the amplified bands was verified by their predicted size , restriction enzyme digests giving appropriately sized fragments and in some cases cloning into TA plasmid ( Invitrogen , San Diego , CA ) and sequencing by dideoxy chain termination using Sequenase 2.0 Kit ( United States Biochemical , Cleveland , OH ) . |
| 2 | Look out for flocks of birds tucking into it — among them will be rooks . |
| 3 | As children Kylie and sister Dannii spent many lost hours singing into their bedroom mirrors . |
| 4 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 5 | In fact , unknown to the traveller , who was no more a geologist than a naturalist , he was about to step over the geological phenomenon of two prehistoric ages crunching into each other as noticeably as jagged waves hitting a large smooth stone . |
| 6 | But if some nosey neighbour says she often spends a lot of time with me , those policemen are going to pile into her like teeth tearing into a peach . |
| 7 | I 'm sitting here at the computer even now , with images flashing into my mind of all the spots I want to go to , but have n't had the opportunity yet . |
| 8 | Once the sense of the ridiculous had begun it was like waves gathering into a crescendo . |
| 9 | AT least 62 people were killed and 3,000 missing last night after an underwater earthquake sent 50ft tidal waves crashing into the coast of Nicaragua . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know ! ’ she grinned , absorbed in watching a group of beautifully dressed Venetians stepping into a gondola . |
| 11 | Overheard on the Bathgate to Edinburgh train last Saturday , as a passenger observed rugby fans tucking into champagne and chicken legs in the Murrayfield car park : ‘ Well , hen , ’ she observed to her companion , ‘ that 's the biggest car-boot sale ah 've ever seen . ’ |
| 12 | There were large noses sticking into the lens , and people waving at the camera . |
| 13 | He blinked , glanced her way , and then blinked again , his eyes sharpening into sudden focus . |
| 14 | Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort . |
| 15 | Laura Wyndham 's deep sapphire-blue eyes sparkled with amusement , her lips widening into a broad , wry smile as she entered the large living-room of the penthouse apartment . |
| 16 | If two vowels combine , they form a diphthong , the two shapes blending into each other in quick succession . |
| 17 | You 'll have to wait until 1993 to see German , French and Italian shops crowding into the high street . |
| 18 | Semi-conscious , he slid slowly down , his feet and legs sinking into the freezing slush at the bottom . |
| 19 | Penry held her away a little , his eyes glittering into hers . |
| 20 | ‘ Where have you brought me ? ’ she demanded accusingly , her high heels sinking into thick carpeting . |
| 21 | But as it was I travelled only so far down the ramp and stuck there with my head and shoulders protruding into the street . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's the … polyneuritis … ’ he heard himself say , as Donald sneaked towards the medical dictionary , his big handsome head bowed with concern , his grey eyes looking into the distance , in the direction of the local tennis court . |
| 23 | Now , thirty years later , lying rigid , her eyes fixed on the sky , she remembered that single word , his eyes looking into hers , his hands on her shoulders , the bark of the tree scraping her back through her Aertex shirt . |
| 24 | Once a white owl swept silently overhead , so low that Hazel saw its dark eyes looking into his own . |
| 25 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 26 | Fabia asked , her wide green eyes looking into his dark ones as she sought for his understanding . |
| 27 | So we have research branches looking into that . |
| 28 | Is it , can we attribute this sort of thing to the erm areas of drought , the areas of flooding that are occurring in various parts of the world at the moment , and all these sorts of things , and we have branches looking into this . |
| 29 | Your mitochondria — the tiny structures inside muscle cells which supply the energy to get you moving — are often in tatters , and small blood vessels leading into your muscles look like construction sites . |
| 30 | There is traffic moving , it 's moving quite freely apart from the cars going into the car park just behind Clifford 's Tower . |