Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [v-ing] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsequently , they carried out the investigation ‘ Maxbox ’ , which involved deciding which of the open boxes that can be made from a 12 cm x 12 cm square of paper by cutting squares from the corners and folding into a lidless cuboid ‘ held the most ’ . |
| 2 | That 's the argument of headmasters in the county who staged a unique demonstration by forsaking their classrooms and filing into a meeting of the county 's spending chiefs . |
| 3 | Many visitors naturally come to walk part of the 180-mile coast path which meanders around the peninsula , threading past high clifftops and dropping into a succession of sandy beaches , rocky coves and inlets . |
| 4 | Go through a gate and continue up a track before reaching another two gates and descending into a wood . |
| 5 | From these beginnings the actuarial profession has provided the answers to a succession of problems , laying the foundations of the modern life assurance and pension industries and spreading into a variety of other areas — the basic link being the theory of probability . |
| 6 | Water in the garden has a peculiar fascination which is shared by young and old alike , whether it be tumbling over rocks and splashing into a pool alive with the red and yellows of goldfish , or in some sheltered nook supporting the broad verdant pads and brightly coloured waxy blossoms of the waterlilies . |