Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] into [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shook herself back into life and moved to step into the loft . |
| 2 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 3 | In panic she stumbled backwards , twisted round and tried to run into the living room . |
| 4 | On the first evening the young men got drunk and tried to get into a nightclub but were refused admission . |
| 5 | Usually when he was giving one of his little dinners he came into the kitchen while they were preparing it , joked with them , had his hands smacked smartly by Matey when he lifted saucepan lids and tried to peer into the oven ; but today he stayed away . |
| 6 | Bigwig was lying across the wire , which came out under his belly and seemed to disappear into the ground . |
| 7 | Biological filters operate outside the pool , usually at the summit of a waterfall where they can be suitably hidden — water from the pool being pumped through the filter and allowed to discharge into the waterfall . |
| 8 | A beady glint appeared in Manolo 's clear blue eyes as he got his first scent of blood money and began to turn into a shark . |
| 9 | One of Gilbert 's gloves flew off , and the next time his hand hit the floor it stuck and began to sink into the carpet pile . |
| 10 | Here I alighted and began to walk into the wood in search of something . |
| 11 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 12 | He did not know how long he had been sleeping but woke up hungry and decided to sneak into the kitchens for a tin of soup . |
| 13 | He pushed back his chair , and went to change into the evening clothes that Chambers had laid out for him . |
| 14 | The first ones seem to have lived in the sea , but by the Silurian the jawless ( Agnathan ) fish were a prominent component of fresh- and brackish-water sites in many areas of the world , and continued to diversify into the Devonian period . |
| 15 | Head & Co. was in business making navigation equipment and wished to diversify into the production of hang gliders . |
| 16 | Thieves broke into two premises in Drury Lane , Braintree , and attempted to get into a third.They stole £1,000 in cash and cheques from a dry cleaners , and £130 cash from a hairdressers . |