Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb past] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the NRA 's figures , 200,000 tons of nitrogen , 32,000 tons of orthophosphates , 3,000 tons of zinc , 500 tons of copper ( in the latter two cases half of the total ) , 340 tons of lead ( nearly three quarters of the total ) and five tons of mercury flowed into the sea in 1990 . |
| 2 | Well the earnings of course went into the business we 'd er There was Dad , he 'd retired then out of the pits , early . |
| 3 | When the Council houses were sold , a lot of money went into the , went into the Council |
| 4 | A note of hysteria crept into the voice from the grave . |
| 5 | The potential we could receive here , erm the kind of people who live here , the numbers of people who live here now and in the future , the types of housing and housing again , in the future and all in all a g a great deal of study went into the area . |
| 6 | Six months of research went into the changes and Trevor emerged as a person who was respected , carried weight and authority and who was liked and trusted . |
| 7 | As victory turned to defeat , domestic conditions deteriorated , belts had to be tightened and hardships increased , and the vision of utopia turned into the reality of total war and impending disaster , the function of the Hitler image as a compensation for the mounting miseries and sacrifices of daily existence gradually lost its effectiveness then collapsed almost completely . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , that 's so much more interesting than hearing how many tons of marble went into the Arch of Constantine ! ’ |
| 9 | Outside it was already dark and a squall of rain burst into the house when Peter opened the door . |
| 10 | Duodenal damage scores were plotted against the dose of acid instilled into the duodenal lumen . |
| 11 | A bead of juice meandered into the crease of his thigh . |
| 12 | Throwing back the covers she was about to get out of bed , when the far wall suddenly exploded inwards and a broiling mass of water burst into the room . |
| 13 | All of a sudden the far wall exploded inwards and a broiling mass of water burst into the room . |
| 14 | For slowly , propelled by some unseen force , the coffin began to jerk sideways , until it reached the wall of the chapel , when a trapdoor opened , and in a series of irregular jerks , man that was born of woman disappeared into the wings . |
| 15 | Once the xenografts were established , they were aseptically excised , mechanically minced , and 3 mm 3 cubed pieces of tissue grafted into the experimental animals . |
| 16 | As the first curl of smoke rose into the air , the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara . |
| 17 | Tiny pieces of skin shrivelled and cooked on the red-hot ring and wisps of smoke rose into the air . |
| 18 | Charred-edged holes appeared in their skin , while behind them little dry chunks of flesh fell into the powdery dust that covered the ground . |
| 19 | An avalanche of mud cascaded into the waste-paper basket . |
| 20 | As is usual with a carnival , it started with a Fancy Dress Procession around the parish , which finished at the Shady Bower Field , and a great deal of thought went into the entries . |
| 21 | At fifty feet he squeezed the gun lever just as another block of air shouldered into the little SE5a . |
| 22 | An easement of music rose into the room . |
| 23 | After one explosion , pieces of shrapnel flew into the heavily fortified compound of the International Committee of the Red Cross , aid workers said . |
| 24 | A wide variation among subjects was also seen in the total amount of food refluxed into the oesophagus . |
| 25 | Water under tons of pressure collapsed into the undersea atomic shelter . |
| 26 | The policy of segregation continued into the 1940s , and undoubtedly any efforts — by the hospital authorities for example — to introduce the different approach favoured today , were thwarted by the preoccupations of the Second World War . |
| 27 | Chunks of stone flew into the air and became ice . |
| 28 | The payment of a royalty allowed way-leave only on the one farm , so that all the quarry roads on that piece of land ran into the main drove and so down into the highway ’ . |
| 29 | The trapdoor below the golden pavilion opened and a stifled beam of sunlight shone into the cart . |
| 30 | But no ball of fire climbed into the sky ahead of him and the familiar landmarks were still there as he passed the City of London Museum and slipped past St. Botolph-without-Aldersgate into Little Britain . |