Example sentences of "and then [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution was a light wood , varnished to make it harder , and then carved into a perfect reproduction of Amy 's photocopied design . |
| 2 | This was effective for a while with Colchester taking the set 15–7 and then moving into a 2–1 lead , but it was less successful in the fourth set as Nomads began equalling Colchester 's attacking strength . |
| 3 | Beginning with a bargain struck between the Crown and the nobles , and then moving into a skilful attack in the lawcourts , the government managed to persuade Parliament into passing in 1536 the great Statute of Uses which turned the ‘ use ’ into a legal estate and abolished completely this method of evasion . |
| 4 | The row below dulled and then flickered to life , muted for a short while and then raised into a furious crescendo . |
| 5 | The 45 they 've decided to pluck from this last collection if ‘ Suck You Dry ’ , a glorious slab of grunge that opens with the innocent sound of a tambourine beating time and then explodes into a vampiric rocker that comes across like the successor ( at last ! ) to ‘ Touch Me , I 'm Sick ’ . |
| 6 | Until recently , the Loaches usually appeared at morning feeding time and then disappeared into a large bogwood cave , which has several exits and entrances , reappearing after lights out and sometimes during the evening . |
| 7 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 8 | With the Molecular Spreadsheet linking SYBYL/NMR TRIAD , SYBYL/3DB , and the entire SYBYL computer-aided molecular design and analysis program , TRIPOS has established the path for today 's researcher to obtain data , store and search in three dimensions and then flow into a wide range of molecular modelling and analysis tools to produce useful information . |
| 9 | Stand for 2 hours and then filter into a dark storage bottle . |
| 10 | Norton 's Coin won four point-to-points out of ten runs over three seasons and then developed into a good chaser : by the time of his Gold Cup attempt he had won four of his fourteen races under Rules , including a valuable chase at Cheltenham the previous April . |
| 11 | But I understand , and somebody here will no doubt correct me , that there is research to show that if you do actually walk about with a Sony Walkman , go to noisy discos , and then go into a noisy working environment , that by the age of thirty you can lose up to a third of your hearing . |
| 12 | After a while he dozed , and then slid into a dreamless sleep . |
| 13 | So young people using Sony Walkmans , going to discos once , twice a week and then going into a noisy job could permanently impair their , their hearing . |
| 14 | ‘ Stable and fruitful societies have always been elaborately graded ’ , he wrote , and the mistake of apartheid was to make a single decisive distinction on one ground — skin-colour — and then to elevate into a rigid legal system what rightly belongs to a world of personal inclination . |
| 15 | Urquhart stared at her for a moment and then shattered into a hearty laugh , much too hearty to be genuine to Blanche 's ears . |
| 16 | Following the learning curve of the exhibition hall , this project will await the gathering of a substantial fund , up to 1993 , and then move into a step-by-step series of achievable and self-contained goals leading to the completion of the overall project . |
| 17 | He fell to thinking of the shape in the well-pit , and then dropped into a drowsy half-dream , in which El-ahrairah said that it was all a trick of his to disguise himself as Poison-tree and put the stones in the wall , to engage Strawberry 's attention while he himself was getting acquainted with Nildro-hain . |
| 18 | Water is pumped up a tall central stem and then tumbles into a small bowl . |