Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [verb] into the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century .
2 Practically every device of the movies started as a special effect and became assimilated into the everyday language of film , just like metaphor in language .
3 At half-past five he leant closer to the window and strained to see into the flat opposite .
4 Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along dark corridors and seemed to expand into the circular chamber .
5 ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't see it , ’ snapped Rachel , and turned to walk into the cool air-conditioned stone hallway of the villa .
6 A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three .
7 ‘ For Pete 's sake ! ’ he muttered moodily , and shoved his hands in his pockets and went to stare into the empty fireplace .
8 He could not afford to make mistakes ; all his life he had been at pains to learn and understand how ordinary people live and had delved into the seamier side of human nature , but he was still very unworldly .
9 When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon .
10 After the mid-1970s , however , the proportion of local spending funded by central grants fell sharply , and continued to fall into the 1980s .
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