Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was carrying a huge bundle of papers and did n't want to walk far , so they went into the Arab cafe beside the Post Office . |
| 2 | Thereafter rain restricted them to one-day games and half of a four-day game , so they went into the first Test in Trinidad very under-prepared . |
| 3 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 4 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had never beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 5 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had not beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 6 | When they went into the crowded dining-room for dinner two people sprang up and came straight towards them . |
| 7 | When they went into the big bedroom , Patrick was seated in an armchair facing the door , dressed in his blue serge suit waiting for Rosie . |
| 8 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 9 | Thieves stole cash from fruit machines when they broke into the working men 's club at Great Ayton on Saturday morning . |
| 10 | ‘ It ent arrived , has it ? ’ said George as they stepped into the dark hall . |
| 11 | ‘ Look blacker , fool , ’ he said out of the corner of his mouth as they stepped into the cold darkness of the outer ward , ‘ and drag your feet . |
| 12 | She was not looking in their direction , her head was turned to say something to whomever she was with , her short hair blown straight up by the wind as they went into the little newsagent 's , leaving McLeish a clear run to get Catherine back to the Yard . |
| 13 | As they came into the straight … headed up the Cheltenham hill it was a two horse race … |
| 14 | The distinctive features of concentration , conglomeration and internationalization as they developed into the 1980s can perhaps be described as their scope , scale , management , balance and volatility . |
| 15 | It had n't taken them long , but she knew instinctively as they hurried into the hollow gloom of the station that they had missed yet another train . |
| 16 | Rachel stormed as they emerged into the hot glare of the sun , people everywhere , shoe-shiners on the corners and street pedlars shouting against the rattle of the green trams . |
| 17 | ‘ Now may I drive you back to the pub ? ’ he said casually , as they emerged into the open air , and found the studious young man of the kiosk waiting to see his last customers out , one finger still keeping his place in a book . |
| 18 | Soon after 9 p.m. rally drivers came upon an unexpected road hazard as they steered into the narrow twisting lane — a barricade of wooden benches and almost a dozen seated householders ! |
| 19 | Donna , too , felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as they moved into the right-hand gallery . |
| 20 | The mass of promenaders bulged along in the committee 's wake , creating some difficulty as they turned into the narrow High Street and into Albion Street . |
| 21 | His voice was almost drowned in the roar of third gear , as they turned into the floodlit gateway of the Monte Samana complex . |
| 22 | As he fell into step beside her he took her arm , gently guiding her as they turned into the main street . |
| 23 | After Derry , as they climbed into the rain-drenched Sperrins , Mallachy went to sleep , snoring lightly in the rhythm of the windscreen wipers . |