Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coins clinked into the slot . |
| 2 | Upon the intervention of a butcher and his mastiff dog , one of the bulls escaped into the town where it tossed men , women and children . |
| 3 | Ace winced as the teeth bit into the perimeter of the hole . |
| 4 | As soon as the gentlemen came into the room and coffee was served , she became the centre of attention . |
| 5 | The ghost , having regained its upright position , called the dog by a click of his tongue and the intruders retreated into the coal cellar . |
| 6 | The Scots went into the game requiring just a draw to take the title , but there was no stopping them in their fifth successive victory , by 5-2 . |
| 7 | Like a pebble in a well-shaft , the words fell into the void and then came rushing back from invisible walls , echoing above the roar of the water : ‘ it is death … is death … is death ! ’ |
| 8 | The words fell into the silence and Hari waited for him to continue . |
| 9 | When the bows plunged into the slate black water at the bottom it seemed to her that they would go on diving in , engulfed by the on-rushing sea , never to return to the surface . |
| 10 | Her hand tipped the scoop and the chips slid into the scale and when the dial registered much more than half an ounce she did n't remove any but , taking a paper bag , she blew into it , then , tipping up the scale , she disposed of the coconut chips before saying , ‘ I 'll be with you in a moment . ’ |
| 11 | A clatter of hooves sounded in the yard , then three of the offworlders came into the house . |
| 12 | The stewards inquired into the running of Yahoo and accepted Tom Morgan 's explanation that : ‘ He lost his action and did n't feel right and there was nothing else I could do but pull him up . ’ |
| 13 | The Conservatives went into the campaign in a worse position than when they lost to Labour under Harold Wilson in 1964 , and that position , if anything , deteriorated , yet there seems to have been a last-minute surge in the Tories ’ favour . |
| 14 | The Marines swarmed into the tunnel like bubbles disappearing down a plughole , Mortimer at their head , eyes bright , looking for the first sign of the opposition . |
| 15 | The end of harvest had also come to Sleightholmedale , a couple of weeks earlier ; despite Jonadab Oaks ' reputation as a stern man and a strict master , the workers surged into the farmhouse kitchen , in answer to his invitation : ‘ Come in , one and all . |
| 16 | On the morning of Tuesday , 3 April 1934 , at 7.40 a.m. , the workers marched into the yard to the skirl of the pipes and began to clean away the rust and the nests of rooks that had appeared in the giant skeleton of the hull as it lay neglected during years of depression . |
| 17 | He gave us a commentary on the journey to Deeside Halt , where , of course , again the rails vanished into the distance on the next extension . |
| 18 | The position is rather different when the goods came into the defendant 's hands by reason of a genuine , voluntary bailment for then the bailee has a statutory power of sale of the goods if the bailor fails to collect them . |
| 19 | The fall in December 's outstanding credit was the fifth consecutive monthly drop and easily the biggest since the figures went into the red in August . |
| 20 | When the Newmanites metamorphosed into the NAP in 1979 , they quickly adopted a political agenda far more likely to win allies — and donations — than their neo-Trotskyist rantings . |
| 21 | Immediately with a great flutter of wings the pigeons rose into the air and circled above the terrace . |
| 22 | Five of the androids limped into the space between the doorway and the staircase , surrounding their captives . |
| 23 | The burglars broke into the scrapyard he runs with his brother Tony in Adam Street and escaped with £3,000 worth of parts including two car interiors , three sets of alloy wheels and tyres and an engine block . |
| 24 | The difference though between you and Imperial Tobacco was that the Trustees went into the Courts did n't they ? |
| 25 | It would seem that the books were not completed ; the drafts came into the hands of Sandys , who destroyed part of book VI because it was ‘ too papistical ’ . |
| 26 | The crooks drove into the factory at Slough , Berks , and towed away a trailer containing £36,000-worth of the bars . |
| 27 | Most of the lights were already extinguished , and the doors of the station bolted , except for one small aperture through which the passengers stumbled into the street . |
| 28 | As the bell rang a third time to indicate the beginning of lessons , the girls moved into four groups around four tables , and the teachers came into the room to start the Bible class . |
| 29 | and that that 's why the Americans came into the war , they did n't come into the war to look after us , they came in to look after their own interest in the |
| 30 | As the Dwarfs advanced into the mouth of the pass they were attacked by a large army of Orcs and Goblins that had apparently been waiting to attack them from behind once they had moved south . |