Example sentences of "and he [vb past] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took Prescott a good ten minutes to describe the full pointlessness of his life as a stockbroker and man-about-town before the combined effects of drink and sustaining a conversation took their toll and he declined into a glazed , sullen silence . |
| 2 | He was little more than five feet tall , slender all his life , and exuding a febrile energy that served in place of strength until it was periodically depleted and he fell into a relapse , paralleled as he grew older by deep depression of spirits . |
| 3 | An unaccustomed self-pity overtook him , sitting in the straw , and he went into a trance , thinking of all the ways he lost out , trying to think of one positive factor in his favour . |
| 4 | At two o'clock in the morning the doctor gave him a sedative and he went into a deep sleep , but when he awoke he did not speak to anyone , and the police found great difficulty in questioning him too . |
| 5 | And in the pursuit he came up to King Yucef , and smote him three times : but the King escaped from under the sword , for the horse of the Cid passed on in his course , and when he turned , the King being on a fleet horse , was far off , so that he might not be overtaken ; and he got into a Castle called Guyera , for so far did the Christians pursue them , smiting and slaying , and giving them no respite , so that hardly fifteen thousand escaped of fifty that they were . |
| 6 | Someone collected five dollars from Culley and he walked into a roofless space . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll soon get the hang of it , ’ and he launched into a story concerning himself and P.L. O'Hara on a motorcycle ride to the Brontë sisters ' vicarage at Haworth . |
| 8 | And then , when both feet were clothed and he sank into a chair exhausted , he suddenly remembered Italy and felt cheered . |
| 9 | Immediately afterwards , Oliver felt himself lifted onto one of the beds and he sank into a deep sleep . |
| 10 | Rick had another take which was quickly hit ( we were becoming old hands at catting by now ) and he bent into a big heavy fish . |
| 11 | A red biplane from Crowfield had taken off and gone into a loop when he came out of the loop he could n't pull the plane level and he crashed into a field . |
| 12 | At this point , Steven Morrissey 's friendship with Linder verged on infatuation and he moved into a flat she shared with Ian Devine . |
| 13 | This is Kingsley Black and again he looks to use Collimore 's pace and he moved into a great position there Collimore . |
| 14 | He listened gravely , then gradually his expression relaxed and he broke into a wide grin , then a laugh , then with a loud yell , he threw the telephone into the air . |