Example sentences of "and go into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a long pause from my point of view , while the lights began flickering in the office and the train exceedingly slowly reversed , before stopping again and going into a sudden jerk . |
| 2 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ I can recognise the warning signs straight away — I start to tremble and go into a cold sweat , ’ explains Philippa . |
| 4 | The moment she hit one of the papers , she braked and went into a long skid , sliding right across the kitchen floor to the other wall , which she thumped into , still standing on her ‘ magic carpet ’ . |
| 5 | Through the gate and over the lumpy ground , and she opened the door and went into a long drill hall with a clacking wooden floor . |
| 6 | He found the house that he was looking for and went into a long , low room . |
| 7 | Shikampur kept his advantage as Richards roused his mount to full steam , and a quarter of a mile out Pinza swept past and went into a decisive lead . |
| 8 | This over-the-head version weighed only 14 oz and went into a neat little stuff sack . |
| 9 | As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion . |