Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Landing over the first fence he crashed into the prostrate form of the faller Meon Valley and was brought down . |
| 2 | After the war he disappeared into the closed world of post-war intelligence with MI5 until 1956 before moving to MI6 as the real life ‘ M ’ made famous in fiction by James Bond creator Ian Fleming . |
| 3 | On the gloomy half-landing he stared into the mildewed mirror . |
| 4 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 5 | After a couple of sentences he went into the present tense , which was a habit he had in speaking of the past , as if it were the plot of some play he was about to do . |
| 6 | He could hear baby Penny crying but when no one answered the door he went into the unlocked house to investigate . |
| 7 | He dropped what luggage he had into the nearest garbage receptacle and then , ignoring the ticket windows completely , headed over toward the phones . |
| 8 | The following afternoon he struggled into the white loons , which he had washed and ironed himself . |
| 9 | Under cover of a game of blindman 's buff he slipped into the darkened dining room , and to his relief she was there , on hands and knees by the table . |
| 10 | With a wicked wink he ducked into the nearest cubicle , safely out of reach . |