Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb infin] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shook the can , and felt the snake fall into the leg . |
| 2 | However , as Jobs asked rhetorically ‘ can the horse evolve into the automobile ? ’ |
| 3 | She felt her mouth twist into a wry smile . |
| 4 | For example , how can an adviser go into a school and give advice on procedures , and within weeks go in and inspect those same procedures in a censorial sense ? |
| 5 | Then suddenly she heard a car sweep into the yard , and , getting up from her desk , she felt her heart leap uncomfortably once more as she saw Robert getting out of his Land Rover . |
| 6 | She would get nowhere by being goaded into letting this interview degenerate into a clash of personalities , although the temptation was growing increasingly great . |
| 7 | In a curious way you can understand what is being said only by letting your mind slip into the same fuzzy state Shepherd 's must have been in when he spoke . |
| 8 | As he watched his enemy climb into a teacher 's car to be driven to the dentist , Richard felt agitated by a mixture of anger , fear and pleasure . |
| 9 | She shivered inwardly , a delicious sensation , and felt her heart break into a gallop . |
| 10 | The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure . |
| 11 | He watched the girl retreat into the Olive and Dove , the moonlight casting her shadow black , straight and attenuated . |
| 12 | Hoomey and Nails heard its engine recede into the distance . |
| 13 | And and can the clerk look into the details when this , I think . |
| 14 | So , no sooner did the record go into the charts and we were going ‘ yeah , this is it — hooray — we 're taking off ’ , they dropped the record and we had to wait for the guys to come back to earth . |
| 15 | Would the Young King step into the Old King 's shoes ? |
| 16 | The third question is ‘ How does this evidence fit into the rest of it ? ’ |
| 17 | Was he strengthening his border where it faced the great Angevin arsenal and treasury at Chinon , which would one day come into the hands of his feckless elder brother ? |
| 18 | Let that stuff get into the wrong hands , and it could hang us all . ’ |
| 19 | But if by some extraordinary chance you should one day wander into a forest and catch a glimpse of a Minpin , then hold your breath and thank your lucky stars because up to now , so far as I know , no one excepting Little Billy has ever seen one . |
| 20 | He found a cigarette , lit it and watched the smoke wreathe into the night air ; he enjoyed his smoke , then climbed onto the parapet and started to walk along its broad surface . |
| 21 | We have our little rule book and we let a woman come into the Guild for a few weeks and then she 's told the rules . |
| 22 | She heard her father come into the house and call out for her , and she called back that she would be down in a moment , as soon as she was dressed . |
| 23 | I love watching the grass fly into the box , and the beautifully cropped track the big machine leaves in its wake . |
| 24 | Will the Government look into a way to encourage car manufacturers to install alarm systems as standard equipment ? |
| 25 | ‘ And where did this Barak fit into the picture ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Seeing a man go into a house proves nothing against him . ’ |
| 27 | Whether the lust for gold had mastered us , whether a hatred of the thieves suffused our outlook , whether their attempts to thwart it had not toughened our resolve I can not say : but I know that after the bomb had been thrown into our midst , we would , one and all , have died in agony rather than let the treasure fall into the enemy 's hands . |
| 28 | Determined not to fail this test , she let the image fade into the business of polishing the brasses and cleaning ship . |
| 29 | Both bite their attackers and hang on like bulldogs , letting the venom trickle into the wound as they do so . |
| 30 | Can the model tuck into a hamburger and chips in her lunch break and still keep that sultry look ? |