Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 2 | He stepped back onto the concrete and came round to the front of the building where the flowering cherries were just coming into bud on the lawn . |
| 3 | Bills of exchange , the forerunners of cheques , were just coming into fashion . |
| 4 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 5 | As they climbed over the hedge , he was struck by the beauty of the day ; the hedgerows were just coming into leaf and the meadow was dotted with buttercups and daisies . |
| 6 | His eyelids were already fluttering into sleep . |
| 7 | You were always getting into trouble then . " |
| 8 | By 1719 , the buildings of both the house and the hall were rapidly falling into ruin and a storm of 1720 , blew parts of the hall to the ground , but a stone figure of Haymo blown from a niche over the door was undamaged , falling it is said on to some grass , this was later presented to the Bishop of Rochester . |
| 9 | ‘ It was n't funny at the time , of course , because young people were really getting into trouble for being too westernised ’ , she told me . |
| 10 | German formations from the north were now marching into position on either side of 20th Corps , but those assigned to the left wing — called by the Germans the ‘ Eastern Group ’ — might have to face about if Rennenkampf marched south . |
| 11 | so really you were n't coming into accommodation which was a step |
| 12 | He was obviously coming into form . |
| 13 | They therefore proposed the idea of continuous creation whereby matter was constantly popping into existence . |
| 14 | The Last Movie was finally going into production . |
| 15 | My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains . |
| 16 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 17 | Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time |
| 18 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 19 | His brothers had not replied , and his parents wrote that they hoped he was not hurrying into marriage , but that he was old enough to decide for himself . |
| 20 | Smiling and apparently oblivious of her alarm that was rapidly turning into panic , Guido continued to guide her towards the sailboat . |
| 21 | He was always getting into trouble . |
| 22 | The Gruff 's had a marmalade tom cat that was always getting into trouble . |
| 23 | They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation . |