Example sentences of "he [vb past] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm on the ground floor , ’ he whispered into the machine . |
| 2 | Fenna dived low over southern Africa , where his shadow presence in the night would simply meet with old dreams and young magic , and he plunged into the dancing spume of Mosi oa Tunya , ‘ the smoke that thunders ’ , now called the Victoria Falls . |
| 3 | Elbows in , hands on vizor , and legs bent together , he plunged into the water . |
| 4 | Rather than following , he plunged into the passageway between the bars , seeking his mate . |
| 5 | Eventually he limped into the channel , recovered his breath , and went back for more . |
| 6 | He passed into the saloon , found the companionway at once and descended to a central passage . |
| 7 | In that year he passed into the service of Richard de Clare , seventh Earl of Gloucester [ q.v. ] , as his steward and went round the earl 's estates hearing complaints against the earl 's officials . |
| 8 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 9 | He crept into the kitchen and closed the door behind him , making sure its heavy curtain stretched right to the wall on either side . |
| 10 | When he rode into the yard of Cherry Tree Farm , Elizabeth was approaching the house with a pail of milk . |
| 11 | As he rode into the tent , he was careful to keep his face away from her , and remain wrapped in his cloak . |
| 12 | He rode into the valley of Borrowdale which opened up about two miles south of Keswick . |
| 13 | As he rode into the village , he saw a group of young girls waiting outside the church . |
| 14 | Mounted on a white horse , he rode into the city which had for so long defied and denied him . |
| 15 | THE spontaneous and knowledgeable applause which greeted Charlie Swan when he rode into the winners enclosure at Navan in December 1992 said it all . |
| 16 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 17 | He got into the company because one of its few experienced male dancers , George Gerhardt , was leaving . |
| 18 | And he , he was drunk and he got into the back of his leg with his glass and he got it out , it was a great big steel |
| 19 | When a police car arrived , he got into the back of the car . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What you 're saying , ’ Spruce said , ‘ is that he was dead before he got into the pit . ’ |
| 21 | GAZZA knows that when in Rome , do as the Romans — so he got into the spirit with some impressive hand waving and high passion during a training match . |
| 22 | One pushed her into the passenger seat while he got into the driver 's seat and the other jumped into the back . |
| 23 | He got into the driver 's seat of our car and turned the vehicle round in order to follow the Sierra . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Barter said : ‘ There was no indication of when , where or why he got into the water . ’ |
| 25 | Cos he hoped , if he got into the Met and then he transfer up here . |
| 26 | He got into the fish trade ; got on a bit and on a bit , and that 's how he started going to Lowestoft and buying his own . |
| 27 | And , when Maisie and he got into the crowd , he was , of course , stopped by almost every individual in it . |
| 28 | He wished she 'd told him she was going to see her friend before he got into the car . |
| 29 | ‘ You Inglis Johnnies all look alike to me , ’ mocked Bodie , as he got into the car . |
| 30 | With entire self-assurance , greeting us all with a smile , he got into the car and began to give directions . |