Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] into her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | With the slightest of sighs , Maria put out a hand , her fingers still loosely curled into her palm . |
2 | " Tea 's ready , " shouted Dad , and the pips for seven o'clock pricked into her mind . |
3 | Someone lent us a carrycot and Tanith slept in that to start with , until she was big enough to go into her cot . |
4 | When she had been at college she had socialised in plenty and had had her fair share of boyfriends , Ashley reflected , as they drove along , but since then her energies had been single-mindedly channelled into her career . |
5 | But even as she looked back at him , hating him , loathing him , a new thought suddenly popped into her head . |
6 | She was in the shower when another , even more perplexing question suddenly popped into her mind . |
7 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
8 | It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside . |
9 | She was not miserable ; she certainly was not coerced into her life style ( quite the contrary , her family made considerable effort to dissuade her , and even the Church authorities of her time were not encouraging ) ; she was not psychopathic , in the sense that she did not inflict sufferings on other people ; she was the recipient of quite remarkable consolations , including that highest of all delights , the conviction of the ‘ mystical marriage ’ , in which Christ takes the soul directly as his spouse , and a loving one at that . |
10 | Once she was in bed with Edward Bear , the light out , the night shut safe outside behind the drawn curtains , Melanie cried a little because she was not tucked into her bed with the satin headboard and the striped coverlet . |
11 | It was sparsely furnished , for Anne had only just come into her inheritance , but it was newly decorated and clean . |
12 | The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once . |
13 | Her eyebrows , which she darkened artificially so that they no longer merged into her skin , lifted slightly . |
14 | ‘ Some books , ’ she finally murmured into her teacup , while she tried quietly to increase the distance between her and the tea pourer . |
15 | Leaning up on one arm , not touching her , just looking into her face , he began quietly , ‘ Up until I was thirty , with a few exceptions , I thought I had everything I wanted , needed . |
16 | A woman from another tribe might not easily fit into her partner 's home environment , where she would not know the language and where the local women might not accept her . |
17 | He just walked into her room , closed the door and came across to her , and Maggie stared at him wildly as he took her arm , drew her from the balcony and shut the french window , |
18 | He met Jinneth 's gaze steadily , until her smile faltered and she turned away to speak into her husband 's ear . |
19 | No-one ever goes into her shop . |
20 | She knew at that moment that she wanted to injure every penis that ever came into her hand . |
21 | Stiff and cold , she stared bleakly before her as the events of yesterday rushed into her mind . |
22 | Indoors Mum was still crying into her apron and Dad was pacing back and forth , fuming . |
23 | Things did n't grow very well in it because it was in shadow and Patsy was n't much of a gardener , but it was her own , and nobody ever touched it , any more than they ever went into her room . |
24 | Juliet herself had not long arrived home , and was still changing into her chambray shirt-waister and high leather boots when the doorbell went . |
25 | She flounced out of the kitchen , her normal poise and learned elegance deserting her for a moment , and quickly changed into her bikini in the bedroom , her mind buzzing with thoughts of Piers Morrison , and none of them very pleasant . |
26 | Then they would gradually turn into her father , becoming more and more selfish and domineering , confirming her beliefs about what men were ‘ really ’ like . |
27 | She 'd always known she possessed a temper , of course ; but , after one horribly painful childhood incident that was still burned into her memory like a scar , she 'd fought hard to master it , refusing ever again to let anger get the better of her . |
28 | He felt a weight lifted when she had gone — he had so nearly fallen into her trap . |
29 | She put into words the first question of many that instantly sprang into her head . |
30 | Neil dropped his cane , and turned towards the victim , now transformed into her attacker 's Nemesis . |