Example sentences of "[adv] and [v-ing] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought he 'd be man enough to — ’ but Leith had other things on her mind and wasted no time cutting in and going into orbit . |
| 2 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 3 | That 's when I started running away and getting into trouble . |
| 4 | John never forgave Lawrence for breaking away and going into competition with him . |
| 5 | It is peculiar that the hedgehogs should be used as the balls , especially as they keep wandering off and getting into hedgehog fights . |
| 6 | Waldheim 's delight at meeting Kohl was understandable , for the encounter was possibly the last he will have with a foreign leader before bowing out and slipping into retirement . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you always said kids spent far too much time running around and getting into mischief these days ? ’ |