Example sentences of "bumping into " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 2 | The germanium layer confines the charges just under the skin , preventing them from bumping into the surface and scattering from their designated path through the transistor . |
| 3 | Researchers built the channel so that it is free of dopants , stopping the charges from bumping into impurity atoms along the way . |
| 4 | Instead , Petherbridge has created a charming eccentric shambles , demonstrating the movement exercises of a 19th century Professor of Stage Deportment and Declamation , speaking Shakespeare while spinning plates and splashing the wilder shores of directorial ambition : ‘ One ca n't , ’ he purrs with delight , ‘ walk across the stage without bumping into several concepts . ’ |
| 5 | Not the Ireland beloved of the tourists who fill the pubs of the south-west , but the neglected northern coast , where a walker can sample some of Western Europe 's most dramatic coastline , indulge in legends without recourse to a leprechaun , and on occasions enjoy the trip without bumping into a non-resident . |
| 6 | We 're off again , now wading almost waist-deep in water , stopping , starting , bumping into the man in front . |
| 7 | It 's all crowded with all these trolleys and I keep bumping into them . |
| 8 | I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me . |
| 9 | The pavement 's too crowded to walk on without bumping into people , so I step off and walk in the gutter . |
| 10 | ‘ You told me off once , ’ said Gazzer , ‘ for bumping into you in the corridors . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Fancy bumping into her again . |
| 12 | He turned the corner miserably , bumping into Elsie with their fish and chips . |
| 13 | The opened door jarred one , and they swung to and fro , bumping into each other like the elements of an executive toy . |
| 14 | For eight years Endill roamed around the big house , helping make the soups , walking through the hills , digging up the vegetables , bumping into his father by mistake and unscrewing the furniture when his mother was n't looking . |
| 15 | For the first time since Endill began bumping into him he continued to speak . |
| 16 | He kept kicking things over and bumping into piles of rubble on the floor . |
| 17 | He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . |
| 18 | ‘ Imagine bumping into you pair , ’ Cyril said . |
| 19 | I have seen the ladies of Rye doing their shopping in the High Street every morning , carrying large market baskets , and bumping into each other in narrow doorways , and talking in a very animated manner … |
| 20 | Her mother jolted to a halt just before bumping into her . |
| 21 | Olomouc has a population of about a hundred thousand but it 's a small town : I kept bumping into people I 'd already met , and Irena appeared to know everybody . |
| 22 | He hurried back along the platform , bumping into people , side-stepping , apologising , then across the concourse to where he thought the car was , only it was n't there . |
| 23 | Live and let live I say , but unless I want to be certain of constantly bumping into parties of rambling Rotarians , I think I will keep off these organised highways . |
| 24 | Cows , on the other hand , saunter around in large malodorous herds , bumping into the Land-Rover , farting and crapping all over themselves and each other , and turn previously walkable paths into evil , bubbling quagmires that leave the unsuspecting trekker caked in cow dung for the remainder of their day . |
| 25 | If this was not so we would forever be bumping into things ; it would be impossible to pass through a doorway without banging into the doorpost or to cross a room without tripping over the furniture . |
| 26 | Rabbits often disappear down their holes at great speed and without slowing up , so they clearly need an excellent assessment of exactly where to jump , to avoid bumping into the sides of their front entrance . |
| 27 | ‘ Say you 're sorry to the gentleman for bumping into him . ’ |
| 28 | Kāli chose the steeper , shorter route to the forest and we climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to catch our breath , lurching drunkenly and bumping into each other when the gradient increased and we were too lazy to keep up our momentum . |
| 29 | Consumed with rage and anxiety , Tobias Beventini , physician , prowled through the warm , pretty villa of the loveliest woman in Nicosia , bumping into maids carrying baskets of linen and other maids bearing pressed robes and doublets , concealing himself from the man who wanted to trim the fluff round his scalp , and using long Latin words to the other man who wanted to polish his spurs and his jewellery . |
| 30 | However much I might want to keep tabs on him , bumping into him several times a day in the corridor hardly seemed the best route to anonymity . |