Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prayer meetings in the great barn-like churches of East Berlin , Dresden , Leipzig and other cities have been the focus of protest , drawing many thousands of people until no more could squeeze in and the crowds spilled into the streets . |
| 2 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 3 | Published histories of every town or village or suburb are in many cases non-existent , so frequently primary pupils are by necessity plunged into the world of do-it-yourself local history . |
| 4 | The shed was of wood , a compact , dark , creosoted building tucked into the corner of the shrubbery . |
| 5 | When Melissa arrived at the Mayflower American restaurant , Barney was waiting near the entrance — a tall , distinguished figure in a well-fitting fawn suit with a paisley cravat tucked into the neck of his light red cotton shirt . |
| 6 | It was n't locked and a musty smell floated into the passage . |
| 7 | I sat in front of him watching as he ate , my eyes following his hand from the moment his fingers plunged into the bowl until it rose into the air , and carried the food into his mouth . |
| 8 | The truck smashed into the barrier , broke through it , lurched down an embankment . |
| 9 | The whole mass dropped into the pit and a moment later the big slab was snatched up by several dozen tentacles and slammed into place , leaving a number of thrashing limbs trapped around the edge . |
| 10 | And I have seen them at the mid-day rest hour of twelve to one , I have seen a ploughman come into the stable , shake up the straw in the stall of his leading beast and lie down there and sleep . |
| 11 | Only when they captured last season 's Royal Liver League crown did prospects of All Ireland glory come into the equation . |
| 12 | Overshooting its intended target , the flare cartridge smashed into the bole of a tree on the far edge of the clearing , burst into blazing life and dropped sputtering to the ground , giving off clouds of acrid green smoke . |
| 13 | There was a slight sound again , and another coin rolled into the gutter on the other side of the street . |
| 14 | The prophets announce their visionary hope of nations gathered into the kingdom of God 's eternal peace , when the dangers of darkness are cast aside and light is victorious . |
| 15 | When the light went out , Rain had the suspicion they were not alone on the stairs , that someone was watching them , perhaps they actually passed close to a figure pressed into the shadows . |
| 16 | And what would happen if one of these aircraft crushed into the power station ? |
| 17 | Light spilled into the flat , illuminating the untidy lounge . |
| 18 | The door opened and a shaft of light spilled into the room from the landing , falling on the bed , startling her . |
| 19 | Gifts account for just over half the books received into the Library this year : 1455 out of a total of 2814 . |
| 20 | The stolen car rammed into the front of the house in Cheviot Way in Banbury . |
| 21 | The exhibition ‘ Picasso , die Zeit nach Guernica 1937–1973 ’ at the Nationalgalerie until 21 February has been crowded out from day one , when 600 journalists crushed into the press conference . |
| 22 | The car plunged into the ocean in the Bahamas and was seen emerging off Corsica — with an ordinary sweeping brush covering up the tell tale tracks in the sand left by the cable pulling it from the sea . |
| 23 | The car plunged into the chaos of Trafalgar Square , taxis honking , buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust , pigeons swirling in indolent flocks around the monuments . |
| 24 | The free arrangement of boards — where there 's one card slotted into the motherboard with three expansion slots on it — is also awkward . |
| 25 | The car rolled into the police yard , a hurricane-fenced compound within sight of the main runway and with a constant background of big jet engines racing up to power . |
| 26 | It is not hard to see how permission can be conceived as something which throws the action permitted into the future : one generally gets permission first and then performs the action permitted after . |
| 27 | Making no reply , the agent tied up to an iron ring let into the stone . |
| 28 | Luke shook his head , his mouth curled into the kind of annoying smile that made her fingers itch to slap it away . |
| 29 | One aide let into the secret of the wedding plans said : ‘ All we have been told is that the question was asked on board her new boat . |
| 30 | Would hon. Members who are below the Gangway come into the Chamber or leave , please ? |