Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it ended just as the Giants were putting themselves into the play-off hunt with a 27–7 victory over the Green Bay Packers for their third straight win . |
| 2 | And then the music was drawing him into the fire and the light , and he could see the massive shape of the Chariot limned against the forest now , bathed in its own radiance , hung with silk , lined with satin … |
| 3 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 4 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 5 | Juan quickly established that Avila was nowhere near the rescue base ( had we followed the consul 's directions we would have ended up three hours away ) and within an hour he was driving us into the heart of the Sierra de Gredos . |
| 6 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 7 | The predominant response to Mannheim 's proposals for the sociology of knowledge in the English-speaking world was to incorporate it into the programme of ‘ scientific ’ , functionalist sociology . |
| 8 | Waste from animals was a valuable fertiliser — all you had to do was to plough it into the land . |
| 9 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 10 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 11 | LUCKY BREAK : A young Joe shows the style that was to turn him into the world champ |
| 12 | This body was to turn itself into the Labour Party in 1906 . |
| 13 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 14 | Then I realized he was putting himself into the part . |
| 15 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 16 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 17 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 18 | Doug was throwing himself into the part with relish . |
| 19 | But when he looked back over his shoulder for help , Garvey too had descended his ladder and was following them into the nave . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt I did everything right , like the simple things of making the right contact , but I was striking it into the wind and it seemed to tail off at the last minute . ’ |