Example sentences of "we be [verb] into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Supt Peter Coleman said : ‘ We are looking into the matter and will take action if it proves necessary . ’
2 We are looking into the matter and someone will contact Mrs Marron personally . ’
3 Just a few paragraphs in and we are plunged into the fog and grime of the capital : in 1817 the American Ambassador was enveloped in a midday fog in Bond Street so thick that he felt tempted to ask how the English became so great with so little daylight .
4 Similarly , we are drawn into the life changes of the woman , played with affecting insight by Frances Cuka .
5 Here we are putting into the workspace ‘ W ’ the names of students held in the relation called ‘ ATTENDANCE ’ who are taught by the lecturer called ‘ CLARKE ’ ( see Figure 4.2 ) .
6 After the tour we are ushered into the board-room where a magnificent buffet lunch is laid out .
7 Next we are ushered into the Space Age Movie Master 's Theatre .
8 ‘ Because , ’ Marian said , ‘ we are going into the heart of the forest . ’
9 They , we 're looking into the reasons .
10 Soon enough , we 're bumping into the disability ‘ professionals ’ .
11 We 're slipping into the training jargon here , but all it is is writing , just putting together some material which is , which is just what they need .
12 And then , as he started the engine again , he turned to me and said , ‘ If the sight of a storm in the Andes scares ye , what 's yer reaction goin' to be when we 're headed into the pack with a Southern Ocean gale up our backsides ? ’
13 Is this getting more confusing and you can think of that as seventeen add minus one times and then we 're multiplying into the brackets .
14 Yeah , but we we 're getting into the area there where form teachers are doing it as well , they are not absences !
15 Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er
16 On two occasions we were called into the hospital in the wee small hours , expecting the end — but the dear old rogue had nine lives and , at seventy-nine , he seemed to be negotiating for another two .
17 After a time we were invited into the harem in the rear of the house .
18 We were to go into the mountains and spend one night in tents before making our rendezvous the next day .
19 When I woke in the morning , we were drawing into the bank .
20 We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style .
21 I remember arriving at public school , and we were ushered into the housemaster 's study , and he said , ‘ Well , sex is a thorny subject .
22 When we were shown into the chargé 's office , I studiously avoided shaking hands or having any eye contact , determined to alert him to the fact that I understood and respected their religious customs , in the hope that it might make a difference .
23 People used to tell their dreams , lurid ones , sexy ones , when we were crammed into the locker-rooms during wet breaks .
24 By seven we were crammed into the lobby , downing Pimm 's , and nodding over the letter pinned there , deploring the ‘ Thatcher Building ’ .
25 Even this pleasure was rendered impure , since , as we had no heating in our bedrooms , we were forced into the family sitting-room , and felt , out of courtesy , obliged to join from time to time in the general conversation — a pursuit not very rewarding to either party .
26 A number of ships were leaving at the same time — presumably with what they 'd come for , after Recovery — but we were slotted into the readiness pattern at fourth place .
27 We were ordered into the service area off the kitchen and made to sit on the floor .
28 I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we !
29 Then , having passed that stage , we were allowed into the Life Room .
30 ‘ The captain said we were going into the Falkland Sound .
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