Example sentences of "he [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard suffers from narcolepsy … a condition of the brain which causes him to fall into a sudden , uncontrolled and spontaneous sleep several times a day . |
| 2 | When everyone expected him to break into a nimble tune , he played a slow air that sounded Irish in the long luxuriant unfolding of each phrase . |
| 3 | It may be feasible for him to move into a separate sitting room for day-time activities , if the access is not difficult . |
| 4 | It had earlier looked promising for White , as breaks of 73 , 64 , and 52 helped him cruise into a 4-2 lead . |
| 5 | It was 03.17 and I was just in time to see him climb into a waiting car and drive off . |
| 6 | I mean he saw he sh great pace was shown then it was a nothingy ball that he made into a good situation . |
| 7 | Campeanu walked with his head down , deep in thought as he plunged into a dark narrow back street which was little more than an alley . |
| 8 | Afterwards he plunged into a cold water swimming bath ( the frigidarium ) and was then massaged and oiled . |
| 9 | Unaware that a fly has accompanied him on his maiden voyage , he turns into a sex-obsessed , sugar-addicted mutant . |
| 10 | Taken in and taught by rancher Turnstall , he turns into a raging avenger when Turnstall is shot . |
| 11 | He has vilified Simon Bates with a campaign that amounts to persecution and he flies into a howling rage every time he hears Sing Something Simple ( R2 ) . |
| 12 | They 're obviously saying well , he fits into a certain category , whereas I do n't . |
| 13 | He got into a good crowd , people that thought like he did . |
| 14 | Then he repaid into a High Commission Jamaican dollar account the equivalent , in official-rate Jamaican dollars , of the amount of US dollars he had first removed . |
| 15 | The surrogate father guides his protégé through his turbulent teens into his twenties when he develops into a mature and secure sportsman with an abundance of technique and a conviction challenging enough to take him to success . |
| 16 | Endill had been dragging an ironing-board back from a room where everything was half buried in the floor when , turning a corner , he bumped into a tall thin man who had appeared from nowhere . |
| 17 | In fact so engrossed with her movements was he that he bumped into a young woman who was struggling with an impossibly heavy suitcase . |
| 18 | Then he thought he was being pampered , so he moved into a dirty hovel , ‘ where he lay on straw like a beast ’ . |
| 19 | David Nicholson says they were ready to write him off l ; astr season when he moved into a new stables so yes they 've got to keep going |
| 20 | This is Kingsley Black and again he looks to use Collimore 's pace and he moved into a great position there Collimore . |
| 21 | None of Kasmin 's artists wanted to leave , except Noland , ‘ whose work had gone off anyway , ’ so he moved into a smaller space in Clifford Street . |
| 22 | He matured into a distinguished mathematician who enriched many branches of the science before he died at the age of only 44 from a ruptured appendix . |
| 23 | For I am indeed and as he spoke he changed into a young , handsome man |
| 24 | Immediately afterwards , Oliver felt himself lifted onto one of the beds and he sank into a deep sleep . |
| 25 | Supposedly , he wandered into a darkened room and banged his head on a cupboard . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | As Cooke 's name became known through his huge output of taxonomic works , especially the two-volume Handbook of British Fungi ( 1871 ) and the journal Grevillea , which he founded in 1875 and edited himself , he entered into a vast correspondence with distinguished mycologists world-wide . |
| 28 | In June 1855 , his health restored , he entered into a second partnership , this time with Henry Deacon [ q.v. ] , industrial chemist and former apprentice of Nasmyth . |
| 29 | However , after his stepfather 's death in 1859 , when he came into a comfortable inheritance , Wallis never again made the same artistic impact , though he remained an Academy exhibitor until 1877 . |
| 30 | He dropped into a defensive crouch and swung the muzzle of his shotgun up . |