Example sentences of "they [vb past] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old by-streets now swarmed with passengers and vehicles of every kind ; the new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and wagon-ruts , formed towns within themselves , originating wholesome comforts and conveniences belonging to themselves , and never tried nor thought of until they sprung into existence . |
| 2 | Our teachers cycled to school and as soon as they were seen coming up the road , children walked along and behaved like little angels — if not , they would be in trouble as soon as they got into school . |
| 3 | A lot of blokes say the reason they got into music in the first place was they thought it would be a great way of pulling women . |
| 4 | After supper Uncle Bill would put me , as he always did , in the big double bed in the room next the kitchen , and then he 'd leave the door open , and I 'd lie and listen to him and Bernard yarning , wondering how soon it would be before they got into bed , one on either side of me . |
| 5 | They got into bed and snuffed the candle . |
| 6 | E eventually they got into parliament . |
| 7 | Well , we 've got a problem on personnel and I think erm the Conservatives would certainly look at it if they got into control . |
| 8 | The two policewomen radioed for help when they got into trouble trying to deal with the fracas . |
| 9 | But then they got into trouble . |
| 10 | They rode into town in her finest litter , crowded with cushions covered in a rich fabric from a country undreamed of , far to the north at the edge of the world , on the other side of the Great Green , and covered with a canopy of light linen cross-threaded with blue and gold . |
| 11 | The long shells of the hulls were wiped from view by the heave of the sea , so that the prow platforms and tents of the poop could no longer be seen , and only the pennanted masts told where they were , until they rode into view once more , in a steam of spume from the bite of the oars . |
| 12 | They passed into West Chepe where the throng was greatest . |
| 13 | A great dark arch appeared , and then they passed into shadow with the sounds of water glooping as echoes in the high tunnel and the light playing along the sides like silk in the wind . |
| 14 | From the research which they commissioned into consumer attitudes Mintel concluded there were millions of people in Britain living in a fool 's paradise in the 1990s , continuing to borrow money to the very limit on credit cards , store cards , bank loans and mortgages , yet refusing to accept they were ‘ in debt ’ — mainly because of their ignorance of how money was borrowed and paid back . |
| 15 | This pleasant , open admiration was doing wonders for her self-confidence , and once more they plunged into conversation to the exclusion of all around them . |
| 16 | From teaching they moved into mission work and in 1901 began their careers in this field as Superintendent and Matron respectively of the Institute for the Deaf at Bolton , Lancashire . |
| 17 | They moved into No 2 Newbridge Hill the same year , where they still live today . |
| 18 | ‘ And the supermarkets , when they moved into beer , demanded reliability . |
| 19 | Here I shall find you , Céline , soul of my soul , he told the summits of Arthur 's Seat as they rose into view over the flats of Dunbar . |
| 20 | Luckily , as they returned to Cockroach , Wednesday 's dormitory , they bumped into Matron who was fixing her motorbike . |
| 21 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 22 | It is they who plucked starving kids from the back streets and made them into heroes before they sank into oblivion mentally and metaphorically . |
| 23 | They stirred into life just before half-time , when Mickey Lewis came as close as anyone could to scoring |
| 24 | Wondering if other people held the same opinion as Adam , she had casually questioned Candy as they drove into town together . |
| 25 | Herodotus of Halicarnassus , his Researches are here set down to preserve the memory of the past by putting on record the astonishing achievements both of our own and of other peoples ; and more particularly , to show how they came into conflict . |
| 26 | They came into possession of the ‘ forest stead ’ of Gala at one of the most troubled times in the Borders . |
| 27 | These trains cut twenty hours and thirty minutes off the running time of the 2299-mile journey between Chicago and Los Angeles when they came into service in 1954 . |
| 28 | They came into service via Effra Road , Brixton . |
| 29 | Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work . |
| 30 | Why they came into existence , whether those about which one has information represent the now-visible signs of a systematic attempt by the Ottomans to provide in the provinces muftis of a high standard , appointed by the central government , or whether , on the other hand , they came into existence in a more haphazard way , more by individual than by systematic " governmental " initiative , is difficult to say . |