Example sentences of "they [vb past] into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They passed into the fitful darkness of the dock cavern . |
| 2 | No solution was found : within a few years the European powers were at war again , essentially over the question whether Spain and her colonies were going to pass into the hands of a relation of the King of France or a relation of the Holy Roman Emperor ; in the end they passed into the French line of descent , and in the eighteenth century policy towards France had always to be conducted in the light of the possibility that the French and Spanish government might ally for war . |
| 3 | Donna , too , felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as they moved into the right-hand gallery . |
| 4 | They moved into the next room and sat down to dinner . |
| 5 | ‘ Take that fork , ’ Ruth directed and they bumped into the private road flanked by an orderly regiment of cypresses that led to the Casa . |
| 6 | They charged into the other dressing rooms , gabbling as they started a quick change for another number . |
| 7 | They drove into the High Street , then turned into Bridge Road , which crossed the North Hey . |
| 8 | They came into the upper room . |
| 9 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 10 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 11 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had never beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 12 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had not beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 13 | At midday they retreated into the cool darkness of their shops . |
| 14 | After Derry , as they climbed into the rain-drenched Sperrins , Mallachy went to sleep , snoring lightly in the rhythm of the windscreen wipers . |
| 15 | In a minute , they climbed into the big bed , Jessica having discarded her blue shirt , and cuddled to each other . |
| 16 | The mass of promenaders bulged along in the committee 's wake , creating some difficulty as they turned into the narrow High Street and into Albion Street . |
| 17 | As he fell into step beside her he took her arm , gently guiding her as they turned into the main street . |
| 18 | His voice was almost drowned in the roar of third gear , as they turned into the floodlit gateway of the Monte Samana complex . |
| 19 | The French Dragoons did not follow immediately ; instead they spurred into the abandoned wood where they found the Prussian camp-fires still burning . |
| 20 | They escaped into the relative quiet of Nails 's cul-de-sac and slowed to a walk . |
| 21 | They walked into the red warmth of the Kensington Park Hotel . |
| 22 | ‘ It ent arrived , has it ? ’ said George as they stepped into the dark hall . |
| 23 | ‘ Look blacker , fool , ’ he said out of the corner of his mouth as they stepped into the cold darkness of the outer ward , ‘ and drag your feet . |
| 24 | They stepped into the dingy passage . |
| 25 | He was four or five lengths away from the next plane when one by one they angled into the quilted greyness . |
| 26 | They climbed higher than any other birds , it seemed ; they ascended into the limitless blue until they became lost to sight or mere specks , drifting round and round in a free flight in which their wings scarcely seemed to move . |
| 27 | Thieves stole cash from fruit machines when they broke into the working men 's club at Great Ayton on Saturday morning . |
| 28 | He brought his wife and children over and they settled into the fine house which he called Riverstown . |
| 29 | They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights . |
| 30 | As for The Smiths themselves , they fell into the enviable routine with natural gusto and confidence , Joyce and Rourke assuming a higher musical profile than ever before . |