Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | The old lady spoke to me occasionally , but I noticed that she seemed to lapse into quiet moods . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Ethics have been downgraded or diluted or made to fit into narrow understandings . |
| 5 | Mr Mowatt agreed to look into current printer problems — three laser printers are now unable to print £ signs after installation of font cards . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I expected to bump into young Darius or someone . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Most importantly he abandoned the increasingly untenable ‘ Hallstein Doctrine ’ , and began to enter into diplomatic relations with countries who recognised East Germany . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Frances explains : ‘ I decided to go into special education two years after I qualified as a teacher . |
| 21 | So I decided to look into private insurance schemes . |
| 22 | In the late 1980s , too , the Australians Alan Bond and Robert Holmes à Court ( neither Australian-born ) started to expand into British media . |
| 23 | In the mid eighties , the group started to expand into out-of-town superstores that sold a full range of furniture , bedding and furnishings , as well as carpets . |
| 24 | In a bid to diversify their business G & J Weir decided to move into light engineering . |
| 25 | Triffin 's theoretical analysis gained more credence when the US balance of payments appeared to move into overall deficit . |
| 26 | When you saw that happening you realised you had to go into other things . |
| 27 | She therefore had to go into Intensive Care , as do other babies who may have had birth complications or other problems . |
| 28 | A statement from the company 's offices at Dartford said that because of the Arts Council cut it had to go into voluntary liquidation . |
| 29 | The Nonconformists continued to split into different sects — Particular Baptists and General Baptists , for instance — and to form intense new groups , often with peculiar local names . |
| 30 | The FT-SE 100 Index continued to sail into unchartered waters and a further £3bn flooded into the market on hopes that the recession may have finally blown itself out . |