Example sentences of "were [v-ing] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they were stumbling into the front row of people , on to rough grass . |
| 2 | At that time of the season all the players , even the stars , were looking into the assistant secretary 's office almost every day , asking if there was any news of their contracts . |
| 3 | Eva and my father were going into the front room , hand-in-hand , and they were reaching for each other low down , and clutching , tongues out , pressed against each other even before they 'd got through the door . |
| 4 | Another was that the child , who had always been sickly and scared , as though all her fortitude were going into the stiff orange fence hanging down her back , seemed to begin another kind of life as soon as it was cut off . |
| 5 | From the east , forces under Soviet command had taken Vienna on 13 April and troops of the Third Ukrainian Front under Marshal Tolbukhin were advancing into the eastern part of what it had been agreed would be the British Zone of Austria . |
| 6 | ‘ If you were falling into the black hole with the clock , when would the hands appear to stop ? ’ |
| 7 | When they looked back ‘ they saw that tanks were rolling into the demonstrating crowd ’ . |
| 8 | Cork were playing into the strong wind in the first half but made the early running with a sixth minute goal from Barry Egan . |
| 9 | Five minutes later , however , she became only too aware of other members of staff who were trickling into the social club as their shift ended and suddenly , mindful of the interpretation that had been put on her being with David Markham on the last occasion they had visited the club , she finished her drink and stood up . |