Example sentences of "[to-vb] into a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | It is too easy to slip into a mood of depression at the outset of what promises to be a period of very significant change in education but , in relation to the concerns identified earlier , it would have to be said that the omens are not propitious . |
| 3 | His father believed that he had a good eye and could have played the game well if he was not liable to slip into a trance and forget that his attention was needed . |
| 4 | She was able to slip into a place in an adult society . |
| 5 | What can you say about a club which apparently could not afford to stay in hotel accommodation but had no problem finding 5,000 dollars to slip into a referee 's back pocket ? |
| 6 | When sufficient thermal energy is present in the system the vibrations can cause a segment to jump into a hole by co-operative bond rotation and a series of such jumps will enable the complete polymer chain eventually to change its position . |
| 7 | BELOW It is a bad idea to encourage a dog to jump into a vehicle as shown here . |
| 8 | Dads had to jump into a lake from a rope-bridge just above the surface . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me you were going to jump into a refuse truck ? ’ |
| 10 | For the next sequence , Crawford and the Suzuki had to jump into a pond ; a three-foot ramp was used this time . |
| 11 | It took me to twenty to stand into a half crouch and reach up for the bolt . |
| 12 | Two joyriders leapt out of a moving car causing it to smash into a house . |
| 13 | In the lower register , on the altar frontal , the tilted head of Lezcano leers at us while , boxed up alongside , a disembodied head and a hand are presented as relics of Queen Mariana while above Velázquez himself , palette in hand , seems to fade into a dog . |
| 14 | Kenotic christology of this sort did have its own internal problems : on closer examination it is not easy to understand what exactly it can mean to speak of this ‘ self-emptying ’ , and attempts to make the matter more precise tend to fade into a tangle of artificialities and contradictions . |
| 15 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 16 | ‘ People would expect me to come into a room and crack them up , ’ Rowan , 36 , told Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 17 | The main point is not to be caught out unexpectedly and be prepared to launch into a contingency routine as smoothly as possible . |
| 18 | Merrill was relieved to launch into a description of her holiday . |
| 19 | If trusts , as is often said , depended on the testator 's intention and little else , then to launch into a discussion of the wordings they employed may well seem perverse . |
| 20 | She cleared her throat nervously and was just about to launch into a business like explanation when he said suddenly , ‘ So what 's with the altered image ? ’ |
| 21 | He is often so busy that the less powerful males are able to disappear into a corner and copulate with his favourite females while his back is turned . |
| 22 | The Bank 's usual policy in this regard is to sell into a rising or stable market . |
| 23 | When Merrill did n't speak he said shortly , ‘ Of course , far be it from me to pry into a client 's financial arrangements , but it struck Bob as rather strange . |
| 24 | Such qualities are integral to consciousness ; history is difficult , if not impossible , to design into a system . |
| 25 | The minister revealed that from next April all learner drivers must be able to reverse into a parking place double the length of their own vehicle . |
| 26 | Some markets , which once had a homogeneous character , have tended to splinter into a variety of consumer groups , each with different tastes and preferences ; for instance , see Box 16.1 . |
| 27 | Sarah will no doubt be keen to take the part , but Lloyd Webber has revealed that Roger Moore is not the only actor he has had to talk into a role . |
| 28 | You know to feed into a rep though |
| 29 | A reinforcing plastic strip is also supplied , to feed into a slot sewn around the top : this keeps the ‘ Monster ’ open while you fill it . |
| 30 | This is very hard to fit into a projectile model . |