Example sentences of "was [adv] [v-ing] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was when they all realized acting like this was only playing into the hands of the authorities and giving them a real basis for enforcing their petty laws . |
| 2 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 3 | She looked familiar , and I was soon looking into the green and expressive eyes of Sally Drayton , who had been a fellow student at Sussex University . |
| 4 | Luney was already stepping into the boat when Franky saw Delia Sutherland half-way down the steps . |
| 5 | As the owl hooted and the night train called , Erika was already slipping into the state where the real world fades and the dreamworld begins , thinking of Fritz and that last , subtle touch of two hands . |
| 6 | Mrs Williams was already turning into the kitchen . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt a nine-match ban was a fair punishment for Davis , who was just breaking into the England squad at the time , and I suspect the FA may make an example of Ian as well . ’ |
| 8 | So as we were going along she was just going into the paper shop and she was on her way up to the one o'clock bus , so I called in to see Jackie and had a coffee and then we come home . |
| 9 | As they passed Mon Ré , the cream-coloured car was just turning into the drive ; and again the two bovine occupants stared at Breeze . |
| 10 | He was just turning into the featureless modern office block that housed the Heyes-Farringdon Company where Helen worked , when his eye was suddenly caught by a sign on the other side of the street : The Olivera Typewriter Company . |
| 11 | A figure in black was just disappearing into the wood . |
| 12 | he built this on and the country pub was just coming into the , you know , people were getting out in their cars and that , there was no breathalyser or anything and the |
| 13 | The Sunday Times , under Rupert Murdoch , was moving to the right , and Right-Ons now only had the weedy Observer , which was rapidly disappearing into the abyss of consumer journalism for the comfortable middle classes . |
| 14 | It was like getting into the bath |
| 15 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 16 | Hrun was still staring into the sky . |
| 17 | To return to the second point about church growth made at the end of the second chapter , ‘ demand ’ is not the only factor in church growth ; one must also consider supply , and the Free Church was gradually coming into the position where it could service the new demand . |
| 18 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 19 | She saw with disappointment that Rupert Stonebird was not among the little group that Sophia was now bringing into the room . |
| 20 | Nicholson was now venturing into the haunts of the hopefuls and joined in . |
| 21 | He had in his hurry left one drawer just a little open , and was now delving into the carpet-bag , which he 'd found at the bottom of the shelved larder . |
| 22 | Brown felt that Nicaea was now descending into the chaos he felt inside himself , that had torn him apart since his wife 's death . |
| 23 | But even then , Koons says , it was hard getting into the swing of things . |
| 24 | Five minutes later , United goalkeeper , Ken Vasey was just fought when he missed a long cross from the left , and Bull was there heading into the empty net . |
| 25 | She had a scarf tied over her head and was evidently going into the village to shop . |
| 26 | That would be a decision of the officer in charge of the actual operation erm that was actually going into the flat but it was normal practice that radios would be switched off . |