Example sentences of "she [vb past] into a " in BNC.
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1 | She made three trips , each time carrying a pair of heavy jugs which she emptied into a small copper hip bath : and each time increasingly aware of and responding to the gauntlet of Hope 's lust . |
2 | But the fumes seeped in until she was forced to gulp for air and she plunged into a deep and haunted sleep . |
3 | She knew it was n't so , but the feeling was so strong and strange , she crept into a space between one of the big masts and an open water butt , making herself small as she nibbled the bread , but too alert and wary to really enjoy the eating . |
4 | When she was about three months pregnant , and feeling totally rejected by everyone , she got into a very depressed state , staying in her room for several days without moving , wondering if this was what it was like to be dead . |
5 | Retreating until she bumped into a Spanish walnut table that stood before a window , she put her arms back to lean on the table , then decided that her position might look inviting , folded her arms , and scowled at Sam . |
6 | ‘ Eyesight of a cat , ’ she muttered aloud , then immediately uttered a pained yelp as she bumped into a rough-hewn table . |
7 | And that 's when she bumped into a couple of famous faces . |
8 | She bolted into a deep brake of ferns and , bending low , crept away and then sank down and crouched motionless , hoping the two men would n't find her . |
9 | When she was eighty and no longer able to cope with running her apartment ( it was in fact a house of four storeys ) she moved into a nursing home at Sunbury-on-Thames . |
10 | Alone , she sank into a chair and covered her eyes with her fingers , moved to tears by the way her staff had reacted to the bad news . |
11 | She sank into a chair , the last of the sun flaming her pale hair . |
12 | Sighing , she sank into a chair , slipped off one shoe , and rubbed her toes against the cool marble floor . |
13 | Paling , she sank into a green armchair , her eyes fixed on his hard-boned face . |
14 | Ranetta Sen , 13 , was running along a corridor to her next class when she crashed into a wall and fell to the floor . |
15 | Whether a visitor came for a particular story or whether the old woman had one in mind she wanted to relate , the preliminaries were the same : she entered into a state approaching that of a trance . |
16 | She entered into a fresh contract each academic year . |
17 | The incident with the car had taken her mind off Luke , but as she changed into a housecoat a sudden idea flashed across her mind . |
18 | As the light faded she left the office and returned to her room , where she changed into a more attractive dress and attended to her make-up . |
19 | An hour later , Buzz hailed a taxi and returned to Eastbourne , where she booked into a modest residential hotel recommended by the taxi driver . |
20 | Sheila was more than good at school , impulsive and assertive , yet she withdrew into a shell at a hint of opposition . |
21 | She paid her account at the Imperial Hotel , and with her maid staggering under six hatboxes followed by a small procession of luggage borne by sturdy footmen , she climbed into a victoria to depart for the railway station . |
22 | Karen was a magnificent bitch , but when she tried to be human she turned into a Disney puppy : trashy , vulgar and sentimental . |
23 | She turned into a recluse or something ? |
24 | Soon she came by the local gymnasium , and then the local Cedok tourist office , and from there she turned into a part which she was growing more familiar with , and in no time found she was back in the colonnade area . |
25 | A strong bond based on a frankness about his own lifestyle was formed between father and daughter as she developed into a quietly studious girl who enjoyed her excursions to visit her father at work on the film sets . |
26 | Educated at home , she developed into a socially ambitious and remarkably beautiful young woman . |
27 | If she walked into a room , one was always aware of her ’ . |
28 | Hardly a head would turn if she walked into a room . |
29 | She walked into a spacious room on the corner of the building , with large windows on two sides providing panoramic views of the City . |
30 | But she turned up safe and well at dawn when she walked into a mobile police station just yards away . |