Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Aranyos seemed uncertain how to proceed , sucking his lip thoughtfully for several seconds before continuing , ‘ It involves looking into a curious business which could prove to be a complete dead end , namely an attack on a girl in the Bauernmarkt last Saturday evening . |
| 2 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 3 | Trusts , however , offered the potential for developing nodding into a legal act . |
| 4 | It can be done , though it involves going into a little detail from time to time about points of central importance , and it needs simplifications which trouble an author 's respect for exact truth and may appal an unsympathetic expert . |
| 5 | In February 1990 , while I was still Minister for Housing , I wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer : ‘ There must be a danger now of a demand squeeze turning into a real threat to supply-side confidence . |
| 6 | People do n't like coming into a cigarette-filled church . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was while I was in this slough of despond that my publisher rang to ask if I would like to read a manuscript that needed transforming into a readable book before it could be published . |
| 9 | I started getting into a heavy scene though , y'know , building up a debt , like . |
| 10 | A WOMAN who was raped , locked in a garage overnight and then raped again escaped from her attacker yesterday by running screaming into a crowded supermarket . |
| 11 | Get a friend to raise the blade vertically upwards to simulate crashing into a hidden rock in the stopper . |
| 12 | That 's going to be hell on earth if you keep dissolving into a mushy heap every time he so much as looks at you . ’ |
| 13 | The dumpy woman went bustling into a large stone flagged kitchen where a great fire flamed in an open fireplace and the smell of roasting meat rose from a thick flank of beef on a spit . |
| 14 | About twenty feet from the trench , in the centre of the dirt track leading to the road two Commandos were standing peering into a large hole in the ground . |
| 15 | Have you tried cycling into a strong wind ? |
| 16 | Chelsea might have won had the ball not kept turning into a Mexican bean at Kerry Dixon 's feet . |
| 17 | Nipping out of his Newcastle office for an early morning snackette the Robson Brown man intended diving into a local sandwich bar to sample , not for the first time , the speciality of the house ; a grease-infused , artery-clogging , heart-stopping sausage sandwich . |
| 18 | It provides a picture of the state of the incumbrances on a company 's property , something which is obviously of interest to those contemplating entering into a secured lending transaction with the company . |