Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] into the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
2 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
3 | Get yourself twelve songs — and have them transposed into the right key , for God 's sake . |
4 | I got into the rear seat and the colonel closed the door . |
5 | He seemed disappointed and I soon saw why when I got into the main hall . |
6 | In my small way , because I felt that the whole business had been handled most unsatisfactorily by Baldwin and exploited by others , including the Archbishop of Canterbury , I plunged into the resulting controversy . |
7 | Incidentally , Liza , guess who I bumped into the other day walking down Piccadilly . ’ |
8 | As I moved into the small museum , a male chorus started singing over the sound system : Glory , glory , it 's a hell of a way to die … |
9 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
10 | I wandered into the wholesale office of a big tobacco factory , and found myself in a dark panelled Victorian world of snuff counters , old polished scales for weighing out ounces of baccy and a snug with settle chairs . |
11 | I sneaked into the main dealing room and found a heating vent near the skirting-board at one end which I could unscrew and look as if I was doing something professional . |
12 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |
13 | It was only 5.30 pm when I came into the main hospital building , but a cheeky nurse said ‘ Bon soir , Miss Veness , parlez-vous Francaise ? |
14 | I walk into the terminal thinking , Well , at least there is n't that smell of sewage around you sometimes get when you arrive in dear old Embra ; I 'm not sure I could handle that right now . |
15 | As I drove into the underground car park of Pretty , Keen , Bastards , the garageman looked |
16 | ‘ I climbed into the little turret down from the Bird . |
17 | Whilst other girls arrest their make-up in mid-slither down their faces , I stare into the foggy mirror . |
18 | The topmost foliage is taller than me and the growth is so dense I can not be seen from the lawn as I dig into the muddy trench which forms an oasis round the stem . |
19 | I collapsed into the front seat — I 'm not a good backseat driver — and tried to harness my heartbeat . |
20 | This is why , by mistake one evening , I stumbled into the wrong accommodation and upon a honeymoon couple . |
21 | I whistle into the bright morning , feeling at one with the world . |
22 | I clipped into the top peg and swung around in tides of feelings below the bulge . |
23 | I stared into the blinding glare of the revolving light . |
24 | I looked into the little mirror for just a moment . |
25 | And as she spoke , I looked into the troubled face of our Prime Minister and her eyes were filled with tears . |
26 | By the time I turn into the little lane where I live it has become so intense that I usually slow down . |
27 | The midwife suggested I go into the birthing pool as I 'd requested on my birth plan . |
28 | Scorning more than a small peppermint humbug , I went into the little church of St. Nicholas . |
29 | I 'm very glad I went into the Red Lion . ’ |
30 | fears I er I 'm coming back from the forces I went into the main job , taking over from the previous scheduled clerk by breaking the schedules and the duties . |