Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] into a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables . |
| 2 | He had drunk over a bottle and a half already but showed little outward sign of over-consumption , except for his accent curdling into a thicker Scots . |
| 3 | Grimm arrived , puffing , at a narrow archway debouching into a domed plaza . |
| 4 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 5 | It 's difficult to imaging a newborn chick turning into a beautiful bird like the barn owl . |
| 6 | Some have been due to the aircraft getting into a new mode of spin , but others have been due to poor recovery techniques . |
| 7 | The correct word-path is excluded from many mid and mixed utterances because an alternative parsing into a long word is preferred . |
| 8 | To cover the ‘ open ’ position described above , the position can be ‘ covered ’ or ‘ hedged ’ by the exporter entering into a forward contract to sell the Deutschmarks at an agreed rate , at a time to coincide with their expected receipt . |
| 9 | The Captain 's white face had greyed , his small mouth tightening into a cruel line . |
| 10 | The use of the same stylised figure made this exhibition read as a story , the same figure entering into a different tale in each work . |
| 11 | Snodgrass was discussing with the Gnomes the best route to take and Caspar was making sure that they had packed the maps and Inchbad and Goll the Gorm and Arca Dubh were nodding and smiling and , of course , there was nothing sinister in their smiles — and there was certainly nothing in the least sinister in the way that Goibniu was looking at Fenella , thumbs hooked in his belt , his wide greedy mouth curving into a satisfied grin … |
| 12 | How long she would have stared into his beautiful cool eyes before he chose to release her she 'd never know , because at that moment the band struck into the opening bars of ‘ If you knew Suzie ’ , demanding her attention as with an exclamation of pleased surprise she half turned to watch them , her mouth curling into a spontaneous smile . |
| 13 | At the hotel I paid him in cash with a bonus and sent him on his way , and was in time to see Filmer 's backview receding into a dark-looking bar as I walked into the big central hall lobby . |
| 14 | Jenny Pitman has high hopes of the 16-1 chance Golden Freeze developing into a top class performer and he has plenty of scope . |
| 15 | It derives too from the emotional dynamic , the mood sinking into a black hole of a middle section with cries on the brass alternating with eerie undulating woodwind passages , and gradually being restored to serenity . |
| 16 | There is a pleasant Victorian conservatory leading into a pretty garden , a fine mahogany furnished dining room and a comfortable guest lounge . |
| 17 | ‘ The wood going into a 40 gallon barrel , it 's been about a hundredweight of wood . |
| 18 | England , on the other hand , had a comparatively short Romanesque period of development following an extensive Saxon one but a very long and a unique building period in Gothic architecture emerging into a tardy Renaissance , nearly the last in Europe except for that of the Iberian peninsula . |
| 19 | Her brightly rouged cheeks crinkling into a fine network of wrinkles as she showed large yellow teeth . |
| 20 | Any history teacher moving into a new area should make contact with their local archives . |
| 21 | For the purchaser moving into a new area , invaluable comments can be made on the property 's location and any unfavourable matters which may adversely affect the value now or in the future . |
| 22 | She had no difficulty in picking out her brother 's car second to Ace 's pole position , her whole body jerking into a forgotten awareness as she watched the start and the jockeying for position before the first corner . |
| 23 | Almost at a stroke Government had moved town planning into a higher gear , with a national system of development control , ubiquitous in operation . |
| 24 | ‘ How was I to know you 'd feel like this ? ’ she protested , her guilt sharpening into a defensive anger . |
| 25 | When we moved , we knew we would have problems fitting into a smaller house . |
| 26 | The process of separatism growing into a global force would thus take a very long time . |
| 27 | I was very dismayed that I could n't enjoy swapping ideas with Brian any more without things turning into a do-or-die debate . |
| 28 | Round she went , mouth slightly parted , eyes seeing who knew what in that circle of lights running into a liquid line as the machine quickened ; in the faces , all one blur below her as she was swung out to them and back away from them again ; in the dark caverns of leaves away above in the trees which seemed so distant , so other , lit in strange patches by the wandering spotlights , strange shadows feeling their way over branches as the lighted islands in the gathering dark turned and twirled , swayed , shuddered , slowed and came to rest . |
| 29 | This small site is simply a three-sided plot which extends down to the road , its largest border merging into a vast hectarage of vines which have to be grafted in order to survive the threat of phylloxera . |
| 30 | This will usually be done by the landlord entering into a long-term maintenance contract with a specialist . |