Example sentences of "had slipped into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is immediately besieged with cries of ‘ Good Old Charlie ’ , ‘ Mr Evolution ’ and ‘ Slimy Old Pruneface ’ ( from a disgruntled Wilberforce supporter who had slipped into the festivities ) . |
| 2 | from Kingston to Lynn to Yarmouth the coast was strewn with wrecked vessels , cliffs had slipped into the sea and disappeared into the brown tide and over in the low-lying lands of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire the salt-waters swished and groped where no man remembered ever to have seen them before . |
| 3 | This time it was Maldita , a grey mare who had slipped into the yard already broken as part of a job lot a few weeks ago . |
| 4 | Tight-fisted Lloyds spotted she had slipped into the red when it came to pay her £41.62 mortgage instalment . |
| 5 | I read some of the reviews Jean-Claude had slipped into the score . |