Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twist to the story came when the old man was found to be a carrier of the very germs that he blamed the coloured people for bringing into the country . |
| 2 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 3 | But as the Con-Sec pointed out , while paying me an extra two quid for stepping into the breach , I could n't pinch Dave Swan 's act . |
| 4 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |
| 5 | For sticking into the ground . |
| 6 | As children , our sole incentive for tucking into the Christmas pudding was personal gain — to locate the sixpences and lucky charms hidden in the sticky , dried fruit mixture . |
| 7 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 8 | Furious with him , and with herself for walking into the trap , Polly re-ran the conversation between the two men . |
| 9 | ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ the only reason for walking into the jaws of Death is so 's you can steal His gold teeth . ’ |
| 10 | Eight girls , two boys and their teacher , all dead in the wreckage of a minibus , burned out after crashing into the back of a motorway maintenace lorry on the M-Forty . |
| 11 | But still he held off arresting Gandhi , though other leaders were quietly put away , and thousands of Indians were arrested after wading into the sea to collect water for salt . |
| 12 | Paula Harrison , 22 , is seriously ill in hospital after tumbling into the River Tees from the former railway bridge at Gainford , near Darlington , late on Saturday night . |
| 13 | Group gearing , net of cash balances , was 70% at 30th September 1988 after bringing into the balance sheet factored debts in Sekers ( previously shown off balance sheet ) to conform with Group policy . |
| 14 | An hour after walking into the operating theatre , patients are usually ready to walk out , with none of the effects of a general anaesthetic . |
| 15 | After checking into The Holiday Inn , Edinburgh , she had travelled to the library indicated in Ward 's notes and diary , not really sure what she sought . |
| 16 | Public outcry followed the revelation that Ben Silcock , who was mauled after climbing into the lions ' compound at London Zoo , was severely mentally ill and was not getting adequate treatment . |
| 17 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 18 | They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed . |
| 19 | Kalamazoo dipped 3p to 27p after going into the red . |
| 20 | For Lynda Hall , 43 , and her husband Alan , have just bought the 200-year-old Navigation Inn , at Buxworth , which actress Pat Phoenix , who played Elsie for 22 years , took over not long after going into the Street . |
| 21 | A reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of burglars who escaped with thousands of pounds after breaking into the Alliance and Leicester Building Society in York Road , Hartlepool , between 10pm and 11pm on Saturday . |
| 22 | ‘ After buying into the practice , it was very important to me to keep my outgoings as low as possible while my earnings built up . |
| 23 | Shortly after moving into The Kilns , Minto had engaged a gardener to help her with the eight acres of ground . |
| 24 | SHE HAD BOUGHT THE BATHROOM mirror soon after moving into the flat . |
| 25 | A TEENAGE motorist died in a pile-up on the A174 Parkway road in Cleveland after running into the central reservation . |
| 26 | IBM , which announced a major restructuring after plunging into the red last year for the first time in its history , made an after-tax profit of $595m in the three months ending March . |
| 27 | But officials admit some livestock has simply disappear after coming into the country . |
| 28 | Gemma was completely covered in grain after falling into the pit at Church Farm in Astwick , Beds . |
| 29 | After locking into the Corpach sea basin the previous day we nosed into the narrow canal leading to Neptune 's staircase towards a spectacular sunrise somewhere over the summit of Ben Nevis , a crackling of thin ice at our bows and a thick rim of white frost on the teak gunwhales . |
| 30 | After parachuting into the Thames with their precious cargo , the Red Devils were quickly recovered by members of the MOD Police Marine Unit and escorted to the Savoy by a Shetland pony , Sgt Pegasus , the Regimental Mascot of the Parachute Regiment ! |