Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [adv prt] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd grown up into a beautiful fair girl , and every lad in the county had his eye on her , as Billy knew from all the women 's gossip . |
| 2 | She 'd gone on into a book-lined room which appeared to be in use as an office , and she was placing the shotgun along with two others in a locking steel cabinet . |
| 3 | Bewildered , she felt as if she 'd stepped back into a dark cave and was falling into the unknown . |
| 4 | We passed giant slabs of ice which had buckled up into a cracked swelling over a rock and saw ice discs spinning on the surface of the water like root-less lily pads . |
| 5 | Relaxing in the bar of Le Palais after the sweat-soaked teenagers had trooped off into a sunny Autumn afternoon , Waterman explained the strategy behind this latest step in Kylie 's inexorable rise . |
| 6 | Fergus had gone back into a deep sleep . |
| 7 | I felt I had stepped back into a thirties ' film and that in the morning , when we went down into the bar for café au lait , Arletty and Jean Gabin would be leaning on the zinc counter . |
| 8 | The Severn Trent Water Authority brought the prosecution as the water had run off into a local water course , polluting rivers which boasted some of the finest fishing in the area . |
| 9 | Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement . |