Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 Instinctively I went into a steep spiral dive , furiously angry that I had been beaten at my own game .
2 Interestingly enough I looked into the same situation in America and Germany and in all three mighty industrial countries six out of the top ten firms had gone .
3 ‘ Piano Song ’ , for instance , includes lines like ‘ My vulnerability rushes up to me ’ and ‘ The deeper I delve into the conciousness of me and you ’ , which sound as though they have been selected from a random computer-search for meaningful phrases in a dictionary of pretension .
4 So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field .
5 So I went into the army .
6 So I went into the studio and , as it turned out , I ended up doing the whole album .
7 So I went into the doctor 's surgery and I said to him , I said : ‘ Look , I apologise .
8 I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds .
9 To do so I drove into a petrol station by the BBC Television Centre in order to do a U-turn .
10 So I walked into the room , told her our relationship was over , and challenged her lover to fight me .
11 So I walked into the town .
12 So I drew into the side and went to take a look .
13 So I climbed into the rucksack while you were taking a pee back at The Wife 's Legs .
14 There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ?
15 ‘ And so I broke into the palace , with a sponge and a rusty spanner .
16 I 'll tell you , if ever I get into the Owsla , I 'll treat outskirters with a bit of decency . "
17 I 'll tell you what , when I was in school yesterday I went into a classroom and there , hanging in a classroom , was a skeleton made out of cardboard .
18 Time after time I stumbled over some hummock of tough grass , and once I went into a creek up to my shoulders .
19 About two-and-a-half years later I walked into a small clothes shop to see the celebrity holding court .
20 Then a week later I ran into the lift at the Tube and he was the only other person there .
21 Just over two hours later I nosed into the pier at Vidlin and Martin and Lucy jumped on board .
22 Now I went into a seminary straight from school .
23 Well I went into a timber yard er known as er , what was the timber yard again now ?
24 Well I went into the shop in Harray very short ago .
25 Then I stepped into the sea , and swam to Blefuscu .
26 I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs .
27 Then I launched into a sort of ‘ Clap-hands here comes Sophie Tucker crossed with a couple of Golden Girls and a dash of every mother of every girl I ever grew up with ’ , live from Carnegie Deli .
28 Then I launched into the confession I should have told the priest — the one I have written down here .
29 Then I launched into the apology , the explanation and finally , by dint of superhuman endeavour , the jokes .
30 Then I ran into a snag — the newspaper had no printed address .
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