Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The TV western seemed to fade into the sunset some time in the mid-1970s , victim of a narcissistic age that preferred to look at prosperous , smart-alecky or violent images of itself ( Dallas , Cheers , Miami Vice ) . |
| 32 | As I stooped to reach into the tent , I paused . |
| 33 | ‘ Some of it seemed to cross into the Aids field , which had nothing to do with his brief at the Royal Free . ’ |
| 34 | And the smell , which at first had been tentative , elusive , no more than an alien tincture on the air , now seemed to seep into the passage with the strong effluvium of death . |
| 35 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 36 | To the resident population of inner London must be added the one million commuters estimated to travel into the city each day as well as visitors and the increasing numbers of homeless people . |
| 37 | It is known that wealthy industrialists joining the upper class by virtue of a newly acquired spending power , sought to buy into the status of the latter by becoming landowners and patrons of art . |
| 38 | I turned to go into the house , made with great difficulty the three or four steps that separated me from my room , and felt my arms and legs burning , also my body . |
| 39 | Lesley-Jane turned to look into the wings , and screamed . |
| 40 | He turned to look into the valley , saw the helicopter break its position and race away as soon as he was safe . |
| 41 | ‘ Suki … ’ said the child through her sobs , and Chrissie turned to look into the garden . |
| 42 | His arm was grabbed , and he turned to look into the blonde 's entranced eyes . |
| 43 | Biological filters operate outside the pool , usually at the summit of a waterfall where they can be suitably hidden — water from the pool being pumped through the filter and allowed to discharge into the waterfall . |
| 44 | He stopped in his tracks , scanned the window opposite for some minutes , then turned to walk into the building much more slowly and thoughtfully than before . |
| 45 | Elaine turned to walk into the house . |
| 46 | The knee itself began to slide into the dark , smooth pastel paper on the wall ; smoothly and neatly . |
| 47 | He began to beat at his head with his gloved hands as his face began to sink into the floor . |
| 48 | One of Gilbert 's gloves flew off , and the next time his hand hit the floor it stuck and began to sink into the carpet pile . |
| 49 | Anton , the old répétiteur , even older than Busacher , sat down at the piano and the thin embarrassed voices began to tingle into the air , picking up a little courage as they went on . |
| 50 | The pirates began to jump into the hole , and to dig in the ground with their fingers . |
| 51 | Obviously he was then lucky that a lot of outstanding players began to come into the team at the same period , men like Richards , Greenidge , Roberts , Holding , Croft , Garner , and he had material of the highest class on which to work . |
| 52 | Radicals from across London , Britain , and Europe began to pour into the college to observe , participate , or make unsuccessful attempts to take the struggle into the correct channels . |
| 53 | Here I alighted and began to walk into the wood in search of something . |
| 54 | As the ambulance left the scene , neighbours , who had been kept shut in their houses for two days , began to emerge into the sunshine . |
| 55 | Rainwater began to gush into the basement from around the fractured board . |
| 56 | Then I began to run into the guards , and every guard I saw , I did n't say anything , I just showed them the piece of paper which had written on it Hotel Intourist in Russian , and the phrase book . |
| 57 | And she still remembered how , as the car began to climb into the lake land hills , she had seen her first mountain — a sharp blue crag that , outlined against the sky , had made her sit up and stare . |
| 58 | When the sound of high-flying aircraft began to soak into the atmosphere people stopped talking but looked more interested than afraid . |
| 59 | Once that information began to spread into the community the opposition began to crumble . |
| 60 | Although the first drops of water only officially began to trickle into the basin in 1975 , Rutland Water is already famous for its wildfowl numbers . |