Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] into the " in BNC.

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1 A white dog with torn ears followed him into the room .
2 She 's written to her M P , Andrew Smith , and at the start of this year , British Rail allowed her into the buffet car .
3 The trials of his childhood and teenage years turned him into the perfect Prince , but they did not alter his fundamental nature .
4 The same old manservant ushered them into the hall .
5 However , it was as a goalscorer that Mel gained an undisputed niche in Palace 's history as the scorer of our first-ever goal in Division One , when his fine , dipping header put us into the lead and on the way to a 2–2 draw with Manchester United on the opening day of season 1969–70 .
6 The budget deficit quadrupled in the 1980s , and the public debt followed it into the stratosphere .
7 After this , at Mandeville 's insistence , the old brother took us into the library , a long room , its walls covered with heaped shelves of books .
8 In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome .
9 She relived the agony of trying to control the boat , the moment of horror when the engine cut out , the desperate struggle to keep the dinghy from capsizing , and the ultimate horror as a giant wave swept her into the sea .
10 National Service sent him into the Army , as he has described in Not all a Ball , and it was then , whilst on leave , that Minton 's ‘ irresistible , magical aura of ebullience and joie de vivre ’ offered such a liberating contrast with the high-pitched orders of NCOs and the brutalising routine of Army life .
11 Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness .
12 The sudden movement brought him into the path of a mourner , whose elbow struck him a glancing blow and sent him reeling .
13 A pleasant-faced maid showed her into the surgery .
14 If the child woke and cried at night , sleepy Rose took her into the warmth of the big bed 's flannel sheets , opened her nightdress to her .
15 A steady rise up the legal ladder took him into the commercial law field and a range of broader experience as a member of both the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( 1966 to 1969 ) and a legal member of the mental health tribunal for 22 years until 1982 .
16 Lydersen again had a hand in Arsenal 's second goal in the 46th minute when his long clearance found Campbell whose awesome power took him into the box to beat Norwich 's former Tottenham goalkeeper Walton at the near post .
17 The startled shopper handed it into the local police station .
18 The impetus of the initial onslaught carried it into the outskirts of Vaux village and to the very edge of the fort .
19 Neither of them felt up to leading and their enquiring eyes forced me into the lead .
20 The small accomplice waved us into the lorry .
21 At night after close of the service it was the practice to stable the empty trains end to end on the running lines in the tunnels on each side of the shed car pits , the end doors of each vehicle opened to permit ready exit of passengers in the event of an emergency , and to allow access to the lines of stabled trains by cleaners and others whose nocturnal duties took them into the subway tunnels .
22 This magic creature enthralled me and I cajoled until kind hands lifted me into the saddle .
23 The phrase ‘ A Dave McCullouch band ’ was often used to describe those whose musical wanderings took them into the world of personal art ethics and therefore obscurity . )
24 Eva Hendrix started to chatter in her persuasive voice while the uniformed chauffeur drove them into the ancient town of Freiburg .
25 She came down and this young PC walked her into the bridewell . ’
26 They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century .
27 The young man followed him into the hall , carefully wiping his feet on the mat .
28 Ten weeks later , the ambulance team that had driven Elinor from the Nice hospital carried her into the château and up to her bedroom .
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