Example sentences of "they [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them dropped into a formal curtsey , revealing both her cleavage and her undergarment , and he smiled grimly . |
| 2 | One way of preventing piglets picking things up is to have them born into a sterile bubble , and reared in squeaky-clean rooms . |
| 3 | He had them bound into a small handbook , which he carried around with him at all times , like a passport . |
| 4 | We watched them get into a small carriage which took them off to their new residence . |
| 5 | The anxiety of the Tsar and Tsarina to shield their haemophiliac son led them to withdraw into a narrow family circle , incurring the displeasure of members of high society . |
| 6 | Afterwards , I eyed the other pedestrians in Soho Square with more than usual paranoia , ready for any one of them to turn into a crack-crazed mugger . |
| 7 | They got into a big car and drove away . |
| 8 | One produced a gun before they got into a yellow Ford Escort and drove off . |
| 9 | Finally , they passed into a carpeted corridor and then through a regular wooden door into a small office . |
| 10 | They cruised into a three-goal lead with goals by Keith Adamson ( 2 ) and Craig Fish , but two strikes from Steve Wheldon set up a nervous finish . |
| 11 | Kabbalists and Sufis were often moved by the ideas of the Jewish and Muslim rationalists , which they translated into a mystical mode . |
| 12 | Instantly they plunged into a vertical nose-dive so abrupt that the bucket flew from her grasp and dropped like a stone . |
| 13 | After its eggs have been fertilised , they grow into a tall plant like the previous spore-producing generation . |
| 14 | As soon as the lights were in their favour they turned left , and after a short distance he cut the engine and they drew into a wooden landing-stage . |
| 15 | As the trilobites spread through the seas of the world , they diversified into a great number of species . |
| 16 | A gulp from the coffee thermos , however , brought the first faint warmth to his bones as they paddled into a thickening mist . |
| 17 | He pulled open the door , and they came into a tiny attic , with several large piles of typescript , and several files , neatly set out on the table . |
| 18 | After what seemed an age , they came into a small room where the roof beams straddled above them like great barren trees , and the wind whistled through the tiny cracks where the moonlight shone through . |
| 19 | The high walls of the Castelo de Sao Jorge lifted above them as they worked their way through a maze of narrow alleys and then , as they came into a small square in front of a church , Devlin emerged from an alley and crossed the cobbles before them towards a cafe . |
| 20 | Public NME takes a dim view of types who persecute innocent human beings who just happen to enjoy the feel of women 's lingerie against their bollocks , but did find it quite funny that the be-wigged ‘ bomb victims ’ were so convinced it was an aerial attack they raced into a nearby hotel to beat up a perfectly innocent couple snogging on a balcony . |
| 21 | However , for this they lock into a different sort of electricity — that produced by the prey itself . |
| 22 | Our interest , however , lies in the principles employed by the pupils themselves to fit the actions they describe into a meaningful framework . |
| 23 | He took hundreds of photographs and Katy thought Cousin Jane and Mike must be tired of photographs too because they climbed into a white car and the car drove away while the man kept clicking his camera again and again . |
| 24 | They turned into a muddy lane leading to the kennels . |
| 25 | The warrior groups of the Fante , known as Asafo , adopted the structure and hierarchy of the western army and with it the flag form which they turned into a remarkable art form . |
| 26 | Claudia had just time to see a sign in gold and red before they turned into a cobbled yard . |
| 27 | Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden . |
| 28 | They stepped into a dark room . |
| 29 | The girl opened a door with a Yale key — giving even this limited movement a lucid flow of limb — and together they stepped into a dark room . |
| 30 | Shortly after this they pulled into a small car park beside an old restored colonial house that was overhung by leafy trees and lit inside and out with softly golden lamps against the gathering dusk . |