Example sentences of "[conj] walk into the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | TOMMY SMITH : ( Liverpool , Swansea and England — 1962-1979 ) : ‘ The minute he got off the coach and walked into the changing-room people would go for cover . |
2 | Yanto picked up the old man 's mug and walked into the cool bar . |
3 | She left him standing under the light and walked into the warm cigar-scented room beyond , knowing that the last Russian doll , like all the others , would still be herself . |
4 | Pushing temptation aside , he left the casino and walked into the crowded bar next door . |
5 | I dodged herds of joggers , cyclists , people playing croquet , baseball , and walked into the theatrical bustle of an operatic cast preparing for an open air performance of Madam Butterfly . |
6 | Finally , sensing that we were on a loser and not keen on the mile-long trek back to the crossing point , I took off boots and socks and walked into the fast-flowing stream . |
7 | Kate neatly side-stepped him , and walked into the old farmhouse . |
8 | He went down the airless corridor to his Boss 's office , said hello to the secretary , and walked into the large oak-panelled room which was as big as the lobby of many a sizeable hotel . |
9 | In front of the railway station , a second police car ( summoned by a confident Morse as Lewis had driven him from North Oxford ) was now waiting , and the Chief Inspector nodded a perfunctory greeting to the two detective-constables who sat side by side in the front seats as they watched , and awaited , developments ; watched the three men walk over to the twenty-minute waiting-area set aside for those meeting passengers from British Rail journeys — an area where parking cost nothing at all ; watched them as they passed through that area and walked into the main car-park , with the bold notice affording innocent trespassers the clearest warning : |
10 | He moved away from the window and walked into the adjoining bathroom . |
11 | His assailant reaches over , pulls the cash drawer from the till , empties it of its £12 in notes and walks into the sunlit Reading streets . |