Example sentences of "slipping into " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a constant battle to stop actors slipping into style — my stomach aches all the time ! ’ |
| 2 | This could include providing for zero quotas on all African nations — or selectively reducing quotas to help stop poached ivory slipping into legal trade . |
| 3 | With no food and only a couple of bottles of Lucozade in the car , she knew that if the delay lasted much longer , her blood glucose could fall to such a dangerously low level , that she risked slipping into a diabetic coma . |
| 4 | But if I do n't that 's when I risk slipping into a coma . ’ |
| 5 | As the owl hooted and the night train called , Erika was already slipping into the state where the real world fades and the dreamworld begins , thinking of Fritz and that last , subtle touch of two hands . |
| 6 | Whether it 's to reward ourselves for an achievement , or to lift our spirits , many women find little can compete with the rustle of tissue paper and the thrill of slipping into a pristine new outfit . |
| 7 | If the Russians do arrive on this scale it will be the largest single wave of what Israelis call aliya ( literally ‘ ascent ’ ) since the immediate post independence years in the early 1950s , a heady return to the heart of the Zionist idea at a time when the country — still fighting the Palestinian uprising , on a permanent war footing and its economy slipping into recession — is far from ready . |
| 8 | Davis , a fastidious master , brought out all its natural sweetness without ever suggesting the saccharine or slipping into the over-sentimental . |
| 9 | The early Eighties were a strange purgatory for Allen , which saw him oscillate between nearly making it very big and slipping into total obscurity . |
| 10 | Several weeks before reunification , Bundeswehr units started taking over former NVA bases and re-training NVA soldiers , before quietly slipping into West Berlin , from where they had previously been banned by the 1969 Four Power agreement . |
| 11 | Waldheim 's delight at meeting Kohl was understandable , for the encounter was possibly the last he will have with a foreign leader before bowing out and slipping into retirement . |
| 12 | People take it easy here , lying under beach umbrellas , stretching out in the sun or slipping into the sea for a swim . |
| 13 | It felt rather like passing through a magic door in a James Bond movie or slipping into a speak-easy because the Cross Keys was a gringo hang-out par excellence , complete with long , oak-look bar and well-used dartboard . |
| 14 | For the wee lass started leaving her bucket by the spring , hidden under a briar , and slipping into the castle . |
| 15 | She loved the speed but was only too aware of the danger of slipping into a hypnotic daze . |
| 16 | He could settle here so easily , he told himself , slipping into place among the friendly people of Lulling and Thrush Green , enjoying their companionship and sharing their enchanting countryside . |
| 17 | Sometimes I braved the elements and went out to the garage and thought about a hosepipe on the exhaust of the car , but I was never brave enough to face real oblivion , although when I went to bed at night , I used to refer to it as slipping into oblivion . |
| 18 | He clung to a tree root until his cousin saved him from slipping into the abyss , |
| 19 | THE NUMBER of times their new minister was seen slipping into Jakes and Nell 's brewery in Meadow Lane , Leeds , worried some of his congregation . |
| 20 | There had been talk of meeting for a drink in the evening , but the talk had taken place at five in the morning as Kelly was hurriedly slipping into her clothes and now Nick seemed to have forgotten . |
| 21 | ‘ Someone becomes overcommitted and , before the position is recognized , starts slipping into debt in other areas without their prior knowledge of what could be involved . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's beef casserole , braised root vegetables , sprouts , Yorkshire pudding and creamed potatoes , ’ I reply , slipping into my part . |
| 23 | In the club atmosphere of La Cigale , the spark was always there , the reason why so many have gone out on a limb to should their name from the rooftops , but the Mondays are in danger of slipping into routine . |
| 24 | ‘ Michael Caine ’ , although disguised , is an oblique look at the troubles in Northern Ireland , and ‘ Yesterday 's Men ’ and ‘ Brand New Beat ’ chronicle a country slipping into darkness with nobody there to turn the lights back on . |
| 25 | Keke was to try another year , slipping into McLaren in Lauda 's wake , because it is always worthwhile if you think you can win . |
| 26 | I wished words like ‘ chaste ’ and ‘ loose ’ would refrain from slipping into my mind : I was terrified of giving myself away . |
| 27 | Anglo-Saxon archaeology has n't come to a crisis point as did prehistoric studies in the early 1960s ; rather it is gradually slipping into new directions with the establishment of a generation of archaeologists more aware that alternative approaches exist to be tried and which have been available for 20 years . |
| 28 | ‘ Open sesame , ’ she said , slipping into the car . |
| 29 | Michael was already slipping into a coma after three hours in the cold seas . |
| 30 | ‘ Thermal ’ is a word gradually slipping into the past . |