Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , they did n't fall for my cursed excuse , so I then tried going into sharp reverse to avoid the dreaded twice-weekly occurrence . |
| 2 | Because these theories stressed social structural features such as inequality of opportunity , proposing cures involved entering into political debate , endangering the theorists ' stance as objective scientists ‘ just giving the facts ’ . |
| 3 | A day later , my copy of the R.I.L.K.O. journal fluttered through the letter box ( a publication dedicated to research into lost areas of knowledge ) . |
| 4 | In 1990 the industry , which was both vertically and horizontally integrated , became separated into different units ( for fuller details , see e.g. Vickers and Yarrow , 1991 ) . |
| 5 | But little by little , as I became absorbed into rural life , I came to enjoy my ‘ inconveniences ’ . |
| 6 | The basic principles of penal treatment that I have portrayed as running through most positivist criminological theorising , also became incorporated into penal practice . |
| 7 | The old lady spoke to me occasionally , but I noticed that she seemed to lapse into quiet moods . |
| 8 | It was almost as if he 'd vanished into thin air . |
| 9 | She wanted to say it was only a joke , about boiling oil , but they had arrived at a building with several steps leading up and told to get into single file so that their names could be checked at the door . |
| 10 | In the years since he 'd sunk into alcoholic indifference in the same job , which at his present age was less amazing . |
| 11 | The world exploded into popping blue circles as his irises clamped shut and his retinas screamed with the shock , like somebody who 'd dived into Caribbean waters and found them as cold as Arctic slush . |
| 12 | Ethics have been downgraded or diluted or made to fit into narrow understandings . |
| 13 | Mr Mowatt agreed to look into current printer problems — three laser printers are now unable to print £ signs after installation of font cards . |
| 14 | Baïf was a typical humanist and , like Girolamo Mei and Vincenzo Galilei , strove to probe into Greek poetry and music ; for fourteen years the Académie propagated his ideas . |
| 15 | Governments were under constant pressure to provide such facilities and , in addition to politicising consumption , they constantly risked running into fiscal crises themselves or charging even higher taxes on the capitalist enterprises they were supposed to be supporting . |
| 16 | I expected to bump into young Darius or someone . |
| 17 | For example , when I began researching into social aspects of book reading I knew very little at all about publishing or bookselling and my experience of libraries was mainly limited to being a user of them . |
| 18 | She began to look into alternative methods of treatment — natural remedies , hypnotherapy , etc — and resented me for not participating and not having the right attitude . |
| 19 | They began to drift into amiable silence when they had asked each other questions about their children and the schools , and the plans they had for their holiday in Ireland . |
| 20 | Other words which designated sexual traits , such as nymphomania , narcissism , autoeroticism , kleptomania , urolagnia and many others , began to seep into scientific discourse by the end of the century and the beginning of the twentieth century , indicating a new concern with detail-ing sexual variations , and with using sex as a distinguishing mark between individuals . |
| 21 | On July 13 the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet had passed a resolution asserting its authority over the republic 's state bank and other banks which it ordered to convert into commercial banks issuing shares . |
| 22 | After this the Jewish community began to spread into Persian , and by the mid-twentieth century there were probably about 100,00 Jews in Iran , Until Rexa Kahn seized power they were required |
| 23 | A border dispute with Thailand which at times threatened to intensify into full-scale fighting was settled in December following intervention by the Thai monarch , King Bhumibol Adulyadej . |
| 24 | He began to etch into local notoriety via a series of small ads in the music press seeking to swap info with fellow New York Dolls fans . |
| 25 | The water rose higher but then , just as Old Shallot 's courage began to crumble into blind panic , the barge shuddered to a stop ; both my master and I ran ashore , grateful to fall sobbing on to the snow-soaked bank . |
| 26 | With the advent of Lloyd George , who as President of the Board proved to be no mean performer at the art of conciliation , the policy of promoting " permanent machinery " , industry by industry , for the settlement of disputes began to move into top gear , if only for the reason that no alternative policy seemed to be available . |
| 27 | Most importantly he abandoned the increasingly untenable ‘ Hallstein Doctrine ’ , and began to enter into diplomatic relations with countries who recognised East Germany . |
| 28 | MOSCOW ( Reuter ) — Armed insurgents were reported yesterday to be setting up camps in the hilly terrain of Nagorny Karabakh as tensions between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 29 | Tension between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over administration of the bitterly-disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 30 | Such public pressure , sustained by the media , became translated into political pressure in many countries . |