Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was going to shout to tell them they had forgotten me , when suddenly I saw a huge creature walking after them into the sea . |
| 2 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 3 | The Sussex campus was shrinking below me into a collection of children 's play houses , then models , then crumbs , then fly droppings . |
| 4 | The mere fact that the photon 's colliding with the electron and bouncing off it into the microscope has the effect of changing the electron 's momentum would not of itself be disastrous . |
| 5 | As she finished her breathing was ragged , her eyes darting from the newsprint to stare unseeingly at the people pushing past her into the Metro and back to the newsprint again . |
| 6 | And while I 'm doing that , the two bucks are pushing past me into the room and they 've got his shirt open and they 're really doing a number on him . |
| 7 | " Er — Hazel , " said Hawkbit , looking past him into the face of the dreary , black cliff . |
| 8 | Cathy was looking past him into the studio . |
| 9 | From our balcony we could see the great Bugis sailing prahus scything past us into the harbour . |
| 10 | As you will not see the titles before the examination , it is better to take the skill of essay writing with you into the examination room , than memorised chunks of your old essays . |
| 11 | ‘ Is Mrs Vulcan in ? ’ they chorused , peering past me into the room . |
| 12 | Shelling , apparently from Muslim positions , also rained down on the airport , hub of the international relief airlift for the besieged capital , and closed the road leading from it into the city , UN officials said . |
| 13 | It was a meadow ready for cutting and suddenly I realized that it was high summer , the sun was hot and that every step brought the fragrance of clover and warm grass rising about me into the crystal freshness of the air . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we were going to talk after this weekend , ’ Vitor demurred , strolling after her into the drawing-room . |
| 15 | ‘ Leave them , warder , ’ said Anne Hopper , moving past him into the cell . |
| 16 | Dana fended her off , stalking past her into the living-room . |
| 17 | We left in a strange , silent huff , the women running after us into the street and trying to pull us back inside . |
| 18 | There were another three Jet Skis buzzing around on that part of the river and a few water-skiers with their big-engined speedboats , all creating a fair old racket , but we could still hear William laughing ; the guy thought buying a frighteningly expensive piece of machinery and spending most of your time falling off it into the water was just the most enormous wheeze . |
| 19 | Again Carol acted as if I was n't there , swaying past me into the middle of the camp where she put her hands on her hips and yelled : ‘ Melissa ! |
| 20 | ‘ Ah … the beloved Jamie ! ’ drawled Damian , striding beside her into the sunlight , the humidity , the dusty bleached colonial landscape of the peak . |