Example sentences of "[vb past] into [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved into the first , pitch black canyon , faintly lit by a Poacher 's Moon , their passage marked by the persistent bleeping of the detector . |
| 2 | The teachers in our study did use strategies which came into the first category , but it was the second which was the key to understanding the all-pervasive quality of the collaboration and the self-sufficiency of the children which had so impressed us , allowing the teacher uninterrupted periods of time for working with individuals and groups . |
| 3 | ‘ I came into the first form of his boarding school . |
| 4 | He ducked into the first door down the hall . |
| 5 | He led into the first corner , and for two third of the Belgian race looked to be completely in control . |
| 6 | A thief just walked into the first floor office at Newman Lane industrial estate and then made off . |
| 7 | Charlotte stepped into the first compartment and sat down , the station was now a hive of activity , Charlotte leaned out of the window and watched the guard 's van being loaded up with milk churns , sacks of mail , and boxes of red roses . |
| 8 | Another practice fairly common in the sixteenth century , that of the " circular " embassy which visited a series of different states , negotiating with each in turn , also persisted into the first half of that which followed . |
| 9 | ‘ Andrew Impey has really come on in leaps and bounds since he first broke into the first team and Ian Holloway does a great job for us . ’ |
| 10 | Half an hour later , the book slipped out of her hand and she fell into the first of the night 's uneasy periods of slumber . |
| 11 | It shows that 94% of all items issued fell into the first two categories , and required no repair ( although 24% were in a well-used condition and might eventually require some attention ) , while only 6% fell into the last three categories and were in need of repair . |
| 12 | Then I bit into the first slice of bread ; home made , plastered thickly with farm butter and topped by a lavish layer of heather honey from the long row of hives I had often seen on the edge of the moor above . |
| 13 | Much cheered , she bit into the first forkful . |
| 14 | Thereafter rain restricted them to one-day games and half of a four-day game , so they went into the first Test in Trinidad very under-prepared . |
| 15 | HE left NME to create the equally successful Smash Hits and then decided to go it alone with £4,000 from his building society account — all of which went into the first edition of The Face . |
| 16 | So we went into the first preview , in front of an audience , with plenty of confidence . |
| 17 | They always had to do them on Boxing Day , so that the letters went into the first possible post after Christmas . |
| 18 | I do n't know if he left the King 's Troop and went into the First er Regiment Royal Artillery , but erm I went to Germany and of course we just lost contact . |
| 19 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 20 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 21 | In contrast to Clare , her sister Miranda was leading the fast and frivolous life of the exciting sixties as Britain launched into the first real business boom since Hitler 's war . |
| 22 | The improvement achieved in all major classes during 1992 continued into the first quarter of 1993 as the portfolio benefited increasingly from action on rates and operating costs . |
| 23 | Pressure on sterling continued into the first quarter of 1990 as inflation and interest rates increased , and on March 19 sterling hit a record low against the West German mark at DM2.71 . |
| 24 | The strong economic performance of 1989 , when gross domestic product ( GDP ) grew in real terms by 4.5 per cent , continued into the first half of 1990 but began to slow down thereafter ; GDP growth for the year was only 3.5 per cent . |
| 25 | Despite the severe engineering problems encountered in building the line , which are still very evident today , the line prospered into the first quarter of the 20th century . |