Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was all developing into a video nasty . |
| 2 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 3 | She looked familiar , and I was soon looking into the green and expressive eyes of Sally Drayton , who had been a fellow student at Sussex University . |
| 4 | The vamp was soon turning into a lady again though , and by the third song , a moody version of the classic Little Anthony and the Imperials hit ‘ Tears On My Pillow ’ , the audience was seeing a sophisticated side to Kylie too . |
| 5 | Luney was already stepping into the boat when Franky saw Delia Sutherland half-way down the steps . |
| 6 | Michael was already slipping into a coma after three hours in the cold seas . |
| 7 | As the owl hooted and the night train called , Erika was already slipping into the state where the real world fades and the dreamworld begins , thinking of Fritz and that last , subtle touch of two hands . |
| 8 | He moved faster than I would have thought anyone could on a train and was already talking into a radio headset when I reached his office . |
| 9 | Mrs Williams was already turning into the kitchen . |
| 10 | So as we were going along she was just going into the paper shop and she was on her way up to the one o'clock bus , so I called in to see Jackie and had a coffee and then we come home . |
| 11 | As they passed Mon Ré , the cream-coloured car was just turning into the drive ; and again the two bovine occupants stared at Breeze . |
| 12 | A figure in black was just disappearing into the wood . |
| 13 | Neighbouring princes were marching into Aquitaine in order to play their part in what was rapidly developing into a showdown on the scale of 1173–4 . |
| 14 | ‘ Sorry , Mr Lawler , ’ she apologized , thinking this whole thing was rapidly degenerating into a farce . |
| 15 | The Sunday Times , under Rupert Murdoch , was moving to the right , and Right-Ons now only had the weedy Observer , which was rapidly disappearing into the abyss of consumer journalism for the comfortable middle classes . |
| 16 | It was like getting into the bath |
| 17 | The BBC Monitoring Service used them for deciphering ‘ jammed ’ radio broadcasts , and my solicitor , at least , was still dictating into an Edison Voicewriter in 1973 . |
| 18 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 19 | Hrun was still staring into the sky . |
| 20 | To return to the second point about church growth made at the end of the second chapter , ‘ demand ’ is not the only factor in church growth ; one must also consider supply , and the Free Church was gradually coming into the position where it could service the new demand . |
| 21 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 22 | She saw with disappointment that Rupert Stonebird was not among the little group that Sophia was now bringing into the room . |
| 23 | He had in his hurry left one drawer just a little open , and was now delving into the carpet-bag , which he 'd found at the bottom of the shelved larder . |
| 24 | Brown felt that Nicaea was now descending into the chaos he felt inside himself , that had torn him apart since his wife 's death . |
| 25 | What had started with Jones as a search for muon catalysed fusion , then theory on piezonuclear fusion in his paper with van Sieclen and with Palmer as a puzzle about the gases emitting from volcanoes , was now turning into a search for entirely new routes to fusion . |
| 26 | Outside number 1015 the rest of the world came and went , while the porch door swung open and shut even more frequently , as the October wind strengthened , forcing the few passers-by to bend into what was now turning into a gale and to clutch at their hats . |
| 27 | The bluffness of Lewis , which before he became a don was only part of his nature ( 'Heavy Lewis ' ) , was fast hardening into a persona . |
| 28 | As he listened he could smell the man ; and he could hear that the song was almost turning into a sob . |
| 29 | But even then , Koons says , it was hard getting into the swing of things . |
| 30 | She had a scarf tied over her head and was evidently going into the village to shop . |