Example sentences of "[was/were] into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The analogy must not be overstretched , but the fact that it can be made at all shows how integrated mass media were into the rhythms and activities of society .
2 But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’
3 Thus , if we assume a simple deterministic relationship between the social and religious orders ( as anthropologists all too often do ) , we can expect that Nuer religion similarly extends , as it were into the skies , its own secular lineage structure .
4 ‘ It was not until we were into the season that the transfer went through and then the price was £2.1m .
5 The gag was across the trooper 's mouth , and the pressure of Colt 's knee was into the small of his back , and the sheer strength of Colt 's arm took the trooper 's wrists up into the blades of his shoulders .
6 The , it was into the depression period .
7 Tacitus tells us that this incursion was into the territory of Rome 's allies , and this could place it in the lower Severn , where Caratacus could have linked up with the other group of dissidents in the south-west still smarting from the operations of Vespasian , who with his sea-borne mobility swept right along the south coast , taking the Britons by surprise .
8 Then he was into the cockpit .
9 He was into the environment ?
10 The return leg was into the wind and included a 2 mile drag from Nutts Corner roundabout on the Belfast Road and Evans , turning his 100 inch fixed gear clawed back to once again beat McCann by 8 seconds with a time of 21.32 .
11 He was into the crime page now .
12 She was into the pyjamas .
13 But definitely they should er explore this County and not erm wanted to come into I think it was into the Estuary to drill for gold and minerals an all that , and the planning of the National Park said , No , and the blinking hole is only about four inches wide .
14 This investigation was into the feasibility of building a plant to make 10,000 tonnes of pellets a year from waste collected from the larger Swansea shops .
15 He was into the cornflakes now , raining sugar on them like a snowstorm .
16 I was into The Stranglers , Joe Jackson , The Jam and Ian Dury . ’
17 is it , how many miles is it that I fly to Turin and Zurich and do you want me to try and add that up and then it was into the cars I thought oh this is an easier question to answer , I 'll stick with the cars cos I know that I do twenty two thousand .
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