Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv prt] into a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We passed giant slabs of ice which had buckled up into a cracked swelling over a rock and saw ice discs spinning on the surface of the water like root-less lily pads .
2 Relaxing in the bar of Le Palais after the sweat-soaked teenagers had trooped off into a sunny Autumn afternoon , Waterman explained the strategy behind this latest step in Kylie 's inexorable rise .
3 Fergus had gone back into a deep sleep .
4 I felt I had stepped back into a thirties ' film and that in the morning , when we went down into the bar for café au lait , Arletty and Jean Gabin would be leaning on the zinc counter .
5 The Severn Trent Water Authority brought the prosecution as the water had run off into a local water course , polluting rivers which boasted some of the finest fishing in the area .
6 Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement .
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