Example sentences of "he [vb past] into the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As he checked into the first-class cabin of the big liner , he had never , he thought , felt happier in his life .
2 A FIREMAN told yesterday how he plunged into the blazing wreckage of a motorway pileup to save a trapped lorry driver .
3 From an idealised , spiritual love for Kee which always had something sickly and perverse about it , he plunged into the lightless sub-world of labour , submerging himself in its mean and desperate poverty , as if to kill off once and for all the romanticism which had brought him nothing but pain .
4 He shouted for an ostler , tied Nosey to a metal ring on the stableyard wall and gave the dog a bowl of water before , carrying his map and weapons , he limped into the silent house .
5 When the large chromium headlamps of the Citron were only five feet from them , the first boy flung himself into the roadside ditch and let out a yell of triumph as he tumbled into the filthy water .
6 He got into the small boat in which he had reached the ship .
7 Izanagi possessed a magical jewelled spear and this he flung into the endless water , creating the first land-mass from its point .
8 Then he ventured into the middle kitchen where most of the food was kept .
9 He moved into the impenetrable gloom of the yard , one hand slipping inside his left hand pocket .
10 As he moved into the darkened hallway he could see those conifers bowing deferentially to the strong breeze .
11 He moved into the little kitchen which led from the sitting-room and soon Nelly could hear the tap running .
12 He wafted smoke from the side window as he peered into the devastated car .
13 He sank into the waiting limo unshaven , crumpled , white-faced , nervous , shattered and by the time he got to the posh Beverly Hills Hotel , in need of the complimentary bottle of Scotch a thoughtful management had left in his room .
14 Landing over the first fence he crashed into the prostrate form of the faller Meon Valley and was brought down .
15 With a whoop of exhileration , he charged into the shallow water .
16 Angel One … whatever you call yourself … listen to me , ’ he shouted into the ensuing silence .
17 Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown .
18 He turned into the main road that ran parallel with the unseen river .
19 He was already thinking of what he would write to her as he turned into the main road :
20 He climbed into the rear seat of the ford .
21 If he popped into the Blue Boar for a quick one that lunchtime , he would probably find Selwyn Hopkins in there .
22 He walked into the brightly-lit kitchen , opened the fridge , took out a bottle of pure water and opened it .
23 As soon as he walked into the Green Room , he knew that something was wrong .
24 He stepped into the shallow copper tray which had been placed in the centre of the floor , and allowed himself to be showered — a constant sprinkling of water which was poured through a perforated funnel by one male slave , while others maintained the supply of water with buckets .
25 He stepped into the large office and stood in front of the desk .
26 The black gloom of his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air .
27 He glanced into the rear-view mirror to see if anyone was following .
28 But the man 's melon-sized grin as he scampered into the sodden winner 's enclosure to welcome Rambo 's Hall indicated more than that .
29 He settled into the new way of life and rarely thought about Manchester , a place where he could not recollect the sun ever shining .
30 A few moments later he pulled into the gravelled forecourt of a large house .
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