Example sentences of "[to-vb] into [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both were perfectly able media personalities , of course , but Sandie Shaw never seemed to fit into that Saturday evening family entertainment role . |
| 2 | A more recent theory is that the Celtic or pre-Celtic White Park type originated on the Iberian peninsula , along the immigration route of the Hamitic longhorns which travelled from the Middle East into North Africa and West Africa , with some branching off to cross into southern Spain by way of the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 3 | US troops prepared to storm into war-ravaged Somalia last night to help get food aid to starving civilians . |
| 4 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 5 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 6 | We used to all wear pinnies , white pinnies , on the top of our dresses and going to school and I used to go into old Mr n and he would say to me And what colour of the bow do you want on your pinny today ? |
| 7 | The Liberal Democrats say the purchase of a London City Licence by a motorist wishing to drive into central London would entitle the driver to a ‘ Freedom of the City ’ pass which would give free travel to public transport in the central area and free car parking at out of centre park and ride sites . |
| 8 | I expected to bump into young Darius or someone . |
| 9 | Prussian industrialisation was part of a wave of change that was sweeping over the whole of Western Europe and which was just beginning to filter into Eastern Europe . |
| 10 | Worst part was swinging out over the water — the only way to get into this Fort Knox of a Marina — clutching the slithery pole — trying not to shout ‘ Help ! ’ — leg splayed out over the harbour all murky and oily below … |
| 11 | It was a skill she needed to master if she was to drop into occupied France . |
| 12 | Holmes was the number one American porn star throughout the '70s , although his attempts to break into mainstream Hollywood failed dismally . |
| 13 | Many determined publishers and printers from the USA , Germany , Italy and France are taking a keen interest in this enigmatic country and in the limitless market , trying to decide how best to break into this Klondike . |