Example sentences of "i [verb] into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
2 | ‘ I did n't say that ! ’ and I hinted that my father wanted me to go into the pulpit , and there was a little clash between us . |
3 | Irene Adler , or Irene Norton , will arrive home at seven o'clock , and she will ask me to go into the house . |
4 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
5 | The teachers were in on my research from the beginning , erm I originally gained the co-operation of the headmaster — he allowed me to come into the school — and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative , in fact , far more cooperative than I had a really had a right to expect . |
6 | I originally gained the co-operated of the headmaster , who allowed me to come into the school , and then I found the teachers enormously co-operative in fact , far more co-operative than I really high a right to expect . |
7 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
8 | I had heard rumours that Jack the Ripper was about in the night , but that did n't stop me launching into the fog . |
9 | I skidded into the forecourt and ran behind a pump , gasping and belching and feeling my head pound . |
10 | My opponent drew off his mask and I gazed into the red , sweaty face of the king . |
11 | I mean into the bin first and then wash the dishes . |
12 | " Mrs. Constantine , " I whispered into the night . |
13 | At twenty to seven I breeze into the pub feeling spruced up and sharp as a Porsche purring from a 12000-mile service . |
14 | Way back at the start of this year I planned into the workshop schedule an exhibition piece . |
15 | I peer into the rain for a glimpse of Storskarfjell , but it is all wet misery to the south . |
16 | The ferry for the outer isles was due to leave at six on the following morning , so I checked into the waterfront hotel where I had booked , then spent the day exploring Oban , and went to bed early . |
17 | I got into the bathroom and took my blindfold off and I discovered on top of the cistern , an automatic weapon . |
18 | It was the feeling that nobody around me gave a toss whether or not I got into the Legion , nobody cared what happened to me , or whether or not I succeeded . |
19 | A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent . |
20 | I got into the truck and George sped away along the road , the water slurping heavily to and fro in the tank immediately behind our seats . |
21 | Then I got into the sleeping-bag . |
22 | I thought I would die at the start but , actually , once I got into the swing of it all it was rather fun . ’ |
23 | I got into the driver 's seat and started the car . |
24 | It was when I got into the Law Courts and began a long series of litigation lasting twenty five years " . |
25 | I got into the trench and opened my tin of soup , pouring the piping hot liquid into a mess tin . |
26 | I got into the sport when my wife wanted a flight . |
27 | I got into the street and stood in the shade , waiting to see what happened . |
28 | I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed . |
29 | ‘ I had n't been feeling terrific ’ , he went on , ‘ since I got into the hospital . |
30 | This meant that I got into the Library . |