Example sentences of "and launch into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dapper stranger ( John Berger ) hoves into view and launches into a long , rather tedious yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 2 | A mariachi band approaches and launches into a lively lament on what it is to be alone and without love . |
| 3 | ‘ Good , ’ he said and launched into a description of the gift of the Glory . |
| 4 | In the shopping centre , the Conservative candidate and his supporters , decked in blue rosettes , thrust their campaign leaflets into largely willing hands and launched into a well-practised patter . |
| 5 | Red-faced and embarrassed , Mr Aird cleared his throat and launched into a few bars from Jean Sibelius Finlandia . |
| 6 | ‘ Go back home , ’ and launched into a stream of expletives in Spanish . |
| 7 | The referee assumed that I was ignorant of the difference between the two concepts and launched into a torrent of abuse . |
| 8 | Frank sat down again and launched into a tale of how he had outwitted the guards at every turn and been the mainstay of the prisoners . |
| 9 | Mossadeq received him in bed ; he fluttered his hands as Harriman came into the room and launched into a fluting tirade against the British . |
| 10 | He poured it from a Victorian coffee pot waiting on a hotplate and launched into a description of a case he 'd just won punctuated by blasts of laughter and big gestures . |
| 11 | On 18 January he circularized all sections of the Labour Party and the Press , and launched into a revived campaign for the Peace Alliance . |
| 12 | ‘ It probably wo n't be as bad as you think , ’ said Penry briskly , and launched into a description of the house he 'd bought on the banks of the River Wye near Builth Wells . |
| 13 | When we returned the traffic warden was waiting and launched into a tirade of abuse and threatened me with a ticket for all my disabled badge was displayed . |