Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't given too long a sentence providing he agreed to go into a clinic — you know — to be dried out and cured . |
| 2 | It was blow-out , on the driver 's side , and erm , well we just lost it , the wheel was snatched out of his hand when the tyre went and the next thing we just slammed into the barrier and then got catapulted into a concrete wall , |
| 3 | ‘ ACCESS HATCH ’ , she read embossed into a transparent panel , and , in smaller letters underneath , ‘ IN EMERGENCY , ENTER CODE 398 . ’ |
| 4 | All went well until she tried to climb into a taxi after the reception at the exclusive Dorchester Club following a quiet ceremony for family and a few friends at Chelsea Register Office . |
| 5 | These same people the , even when faced with the blatant facts of their mistakes , still hurl at the hapless retailer who unwittingly sold them the five 3″ goldfish that they tried to cram into a small glass bowl full of raw tapwater . |
| 6 | On the first evening the young men got drunk and tried to get into a nightclub but were refused admission . |
| 7 | Last night the cricketer said the incident happened as he tried to get into a pub . |
| 8 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |
| 9 | I tried to change into a different person — shorter hair , a moustache , quiet suits . |
| 10 | tried to cuddle into a foetal position |
| 11 | In the end I got moved into a single cell : apparently a lot of this girl 's stuff went missing and she practically accused me . |
| 12 | The miners ' strike failed to evolve into a veritable civil war ( although , beneath the veneer of the tabloid media , it was getting pretty close ) and a wave of pessimism was matched only by the resolve of the hardline few . |
| 13 | Part of the remaining walls became incorporated into a police barracks in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | It also put an end to any enjoyment of the meal , because Marguerite seemed to sink into a gloomy silence that worried Jenna far more than it did Alain . |
| 15 | We could look down towards the sea , where the blue water seemed to scatter into a harmless white spray against the shore . |
| 16 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |
| 17 | The convulsions subsided and he seemed to go into a coma . |
| 18 | The viewers would just assume he 'd fallen into a cupboard and bang would go the impact of the scene . |
| 19 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 20 | Dane muttered something , and she froze , but after a moment he rolled over , and the sounds of his breathing told her he 'd fallen into a still deeper sleep . |
| 21 | She had n't taken his horse and left him when he 'd fallen into a stupor last night . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've come to find you ! ’ he cried , struggling back to his feet ; but the words seemed to blur into a shout that was almost meaningless . |
| 23 | They stared at her as if she 'd turned into a circus freak . |
| 24 | The world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour , silent and fiery , so that they themselves seemed to become beings other than themselves , inhabitants of another planet , out of time . |
| 25 | He 'd got into a rut . |
| 26 | And then came the night his whole world had collapsed , the night he 'd got into a drunken brawl in a harbour side bar and punched a major in the mouth . |
| 27 | She 'd got into a lot of trouble over many little things , for instance , her clothes in the changing room were being thrown down in a pool of water , and was soaking wet , she had to take them to matron to be dried , matron was cross . |
| 28 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 29 | Suppose he needed you there to assert he 'd walked into a trap ? ’ |
| 30 | It all looked delightfully cosy , with an en-suite bathroom , but Kate backed out of the room as quickly as if she 'd walked into a pit full of rattlesnakes . |