Example sentences of "and was [verb] [pron] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | A uniformed policeman had stepped out from the kerb up ahead and was waving them into a side road . |
| 2 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 3 | It had been owned by the Turner family , and my aunt 's builder husband had bought it from them and was turning it into an apartment house when he was called up for service with the Army . |
| 4 | But when he looked back over his shoulder for help , Garvey too had descended his ladder and was following them into the nave . |
| 5 | I came out of the station , having had my break and was putting it into my notebook — ‘ refreshments at such-and-such a time , leave such- and such a time ’ . |