Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right then yeah , like I was saying I got into a massive argument with him last night I had an argument with Osman , right |
| 2 | I sank into a squashy chair not caring whether we were on fire or not , it had to get through the water first . |
| 3 | I bumped into a Dutch girl who excitedly told me that both she and myself had been chosen ! |
| 4 | When my mother separated from my father in April 1981 I wanted to afford my father the security of a home so I entered into a verbal agreement to allow him to stay in the house during his lifetime and described this as a life tenancy on form ‘ Stamps L(A)451 ’ . |
| 5 | I turned into a gentle left hand bend , saw a queue of cars ahead and hit the brake . |
| 6 | I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it . |
| 7 | ‘ If I walked into a Catholic school they 'd all look at me funny and shout ‘ Proddy ! ’ |
| 8 | About two-and-a-half years later I walked into a small clothes shop to see the celebrity holding court . |
| 9 | I do n't think I 'd want it in the house , it might be confusing if I walked into a gloomy room with it |
| 10 | I stepped into a cool , dark room , where heavy wooden shutters kept out most of the daylight . |
| 11 | I went into a small room and handed my Service Pay Book to the Waaf Officer seated behind the desk , and I suppose we exchanged a few words . |
| 12 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 13 | I went into a full-blown eidetic trance . |
| 14 | My English travelling companion was game to try the dulse seaweed , which is a speciality in Ballycastle , so I went into a little shop on the seafront . |
| 15 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 16 | Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game . |
| 17 | I went into a steep decline . |
| 18 | After hours of fruitless searching , wandering through the attics and passages of the Shell , I drifted into a dim chamber filled with piles of what seemed junk somewhere above the north quire isle . |
| 19 | I felt exhausted when I climbed into bed and I fell into a deep sleep from which I awoke next morning refreshed and happier . |
| 20 | But almost immediately I ran into a new danger . |
| 21 | I relapsed into a seeming normality . |
| 22 | With my father , who was trying to protect me and his cigarettes at the same time , I jumped into a nearby ditch which ran parallel to the road . |
| 23 | One of them dropped into a formal curtsey , revealing both her cleavage and her undergarment , and he smiled grimly . |
| 24 | She made three trips , each time carrying a pair of heavy jugs which she emptied into a small copper hip bath : and each time increasingly aware of and responding to the gauntlet of Hope 's lust . |
| 25 | But the fumes seeped in until she was forced to gulp for air and she plunged into a deep and haunted sleep . |
| 26 | ‘ Eyesight of a cat , ’ she muttered aloud , then immediately uttered a pained yelp as she bumped into a rough-hewn table . |
| 27 | Retreating until she bumped into a Spanish walnut table that stood before a window , she put her arms back to lean on the table , then decided that her position might look inviting , folded her arms , and scowled at Sam . |
| 28 | She bolted into a deep brake of ferns and , bending low , crept away and then sank down and crouched motionless , hoping the two men would n't find her . |
| 29 | Paling , she sank into a green armchair , her eyes fixed on his hard-boned face . |
| 30 | She entered into a fresh contract each academic year . |