Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] into a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This way , ’ she said firmly , and plunged off into a perfumery hall of gleaming marble , as lush as some Byzantine church . |
| 2 | The material is then worked on by the waves and built up into a ridge facing the direction from which the greatest waves come . |
| 3 | ‘ Capitalist swine , ’ she murmured , and sank back into a sleep in which she tossed and stretched and he was sure muttered someone else 's name , but in the morning went with him to a garage and they actually bought a car , albeit second hand , and she let herself be dragged into a travel agency and they booked a holiday to Spain just like anyone else . |
| 4 | She went into the drawing-room and sank down into a chair . |
| 5 | They filled the pews , stood at the back and sides and spilled over into a side chapel and the parish function room where the ceremony was relayed by video . |
| 6 | ‘ How very noble , ’ Oliver said ironically as he opened the car door and stepped down into a puddle . |
| 7 | New pop had rapidly lost its mischief and settled down into a post-rock , post-teenage maturity , peddling naff fantasies of sophistication to a new generation of moneyed teeny-boppers whose only desire was to grow up as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Willie crawled under the bed and curled up into a ball . |
| 9 | And curled up into a questionmark . |
| 10 | She made herself some tea , hunted for headache tablets and slumped down into a chair . |
| 11 | He turned around and looked down into a sea of human faces , below him . |
| 12 | Now , in the sudden silence , Tug felt as though he had been stripped naked and pushed out into a football crowd . |