Example sentences of "[noun] and [v-ing] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie glared at him but he bent again and locked the Porsche , pocketing the key and shrugging into a thick leather jacket . |
| 2 | Subsequently , they carried out the investigation ‘ Maxbox ’ , which involved deciding which of the open boxes that can be made from a 12 cm x 12 cm square of paper by cutting squares from the corners and folding into a lidless cuboid ‘ held the most ’ . |
| 3 | brings the concepts farming and spelling into a related context . |
| 4 | ‘ My lady , ’ said Hugh , catching her eye and breaking into a resigned grin , ‘ my lady , as usual , is making fun of both of us . ’ |
| 5 | They rode almost due north , making for Birdsall Brow and facing into a gusty northwesterly breeze . |
| 6 | She imagined it as a tiny surge welling over a dam and splashing into a parched valley . |
| 7 | Pillar or ‘ short climbing roses ' By and large , training and tying into a single pillar or post is only suitable for shorter growing climbers that do not grow long enough to clothe larger areas like walls and pergolas . |
| 8 | He works huge ideas about reason and feeling into a witty pastiche of Restoration comedy , and Croydon Warehouse 's production is excellent . |
| 9 | He imagined this woman draped on Humphrey Bogart 's arm and walking into a seedy bar . |