Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] into " in BNC.

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1 Despite the way she discreetly booked into hotels as plain Miss Jones , she was ever available for interviews on local radio stations and always willing to pose with winners of concert tickets in the evening papers .
2 A question which remained obstinately hovering in her mind as she slowly slipped into a deep sleep .
3 Restored in 1960 for the Temora Aero Club she eventually fell into disuse and was sold to Ray Windred of Dungong , New South Wales , as a basket case .
4 As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him .
5 Tense with anger at first , she suddenly burst into scornful laughter .
6 She suddenly dissolved into floods of tears .
7 ‘ Some books , ’ she finally murmured into her teacup , while she tried quietly to increase the distance between her and the tea pourer .
8 When she finally looked into clear water and saw her face , she wept bitterly as she greeted the old woman who stared back at her .
9 A long time later she finally drifted into sleep .
10 Giggling like a child , rueful self-mockery etched on every line of her face , she applauded when a shout went up , joined in the disappointed groans when it proved a false alarm , commiserated with a rather determined little girl who had wandered into her own area of search and who thought she should have found one by now , and , thoroughly amused , by herself as much as by others , she whole-heartedly entered into the spirit of the thing .
11 A woman friend saw her driving out of town a few minutes later ; after that she just vanished into thin air .
12 When I plucked up the courage to ask my mother about it she just burst into tears and I could not bring myself to question her again .
13 More likely she just ran into the tree and panicked as the sun threatened to rise like a spotlight and expose her .
14 Then , as she quickly shrugged into it , he stated evenly ‘ Despite how it looks , Fabia , I did n't bring you to Prague to seduce you . ’
15 A huge , icing-covered cake with a welcome-home message from airport staff greeted the plucky youngster on her arrival and she quickly tucked into the tasty treat — something that would have been impossible for her just a few months ago .
16 There she quickly settled into school life and although she claims to have been ‘ very shy ’ made lots of friends and impressed the staff with her helpfulness and charm .
17 And she promptly burst into tears , throwing her soiled apron over her head to hide .
18 He sat above Daisy , talking gently to her , as she gradually sank into the bog .
19 Exhausted and without much hope for the future , she gradually slipped into a permanent state of depression , which made life even more difficult for Josh , although neither of them realized this .
20 She nearly slipped into a ditch and he pulled her out , giving her that ‘ I 'd like to fuck you ’ look .
21 Once , months later , when she went to the Regency on a Saturday night with some girlfriends she practically bumped into him on the stairs .
22 When she later climbed into bed , though , she was human enough to have found — out of all the unpleasantness that had gone on — a couple of things of a complimentary nature .
23 Probably because he 'd been so much on her mind , she instantly fell into dreaming of Adam , his dark fathomless eyes and granite features dominating her sleep .
24 She instantly jumped into the boat in which her father was seated , and seizing him by the breasts of his coat , motioned him to return to the shore .
25 Although the shop was a bit of an Aladdin 's cave , something of a tot shop with all kinds of different clothes hanging around — some from Let It Rock , some from Sex — she really got into the idea of there being a party line .
26 Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years .
27 She often slipped into black unconsciousness and awoke later with a roaring headache .
28 She immediately fell into conversation with Jack as they waited to board the mini-bus that stood in the centre of the courtyard , ready to transport them to the Parc de Prafance with its famous forest of bamboo .
29 He only had eyes for Mary , especially as she immediately burst into tears .
30 The words had come out with a distinct tang of broad Lancashire , but she immediately withdrew into her pseudo-Southern gentility .
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