Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [to-vb] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knox recounts how they piled up a great heap of stones at the place of martyrdom , and no matter that the priests had them removed , and threatened excommunication , they were always replaced , until one night the papists found the permanent solution , taking them away to build into walls . |
| 2 | Instead of choosing one road or another , like Hercules at the crossroads — sin or virtue , company or solitude , capitalism or collectivism — as ancient religions and modern dogmas have sometimes demanded , it invites one rather to settle into a questioning and critical acceptance of things as they are . |
| 3 | Something else to take into consideration when choosing a carpet is which way does the room face . |
| 4 | When his kiss only brushed her cheekbone , she pulled herself away to stare into doubt . |
| 5 | It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside . |
| 6 | He went to live among the Nuer of the southern Sudan as a vulnerable outsider , relying on their goodwill and friendship to enable him gradually to merge into the background of their everyday lives . |
| 7 | Talking during the week with a veteran of the ANC — a man who has opposed Smith publicly and privately for years — I was surprised to hear him say , ‘ Whether the PM was right or wrong , we must assist him now to look into this idea of a change of heart . ’ |
| 8 | Armstrong continued , ‘ Actually on account of the personalities involved , I think it might be better to take no action about the Palestine Committee but allow it gradually to sink into the limbo of forgotten things ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
| 9 | If anything , they would have been better off contributing less prize money ( which they tried to do in 1991 but were not allowed to reduce what they had already promised ) and used it instead to go into the appearance money pool , which will still have to be funded . |
| 10 | Those few who consciously risked the consequences of disregarding it , or allowed themselves unthinkingly to slide into overindebtedness , could still suffer the degradation of what went for life behind the walls of the Marshalsea or the Kidderminster dungeon . |