Example sentences of "just [v-ing] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This state is achieved with persistence and discipline , for example , to flop into bed in a state of mental anxiety , then just crashing into sleep , is not the best way to recharge . |
| 2 | Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time |
| 3 | Bob Monkhouse — already established as a leading comedy writer and just moving into performing — playing the poor wretch called up on his wedding day and Shirley Eaton as the NAAFI girl who would come back for just one more ‘ Carry On ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm just popping into town to pick up a parcel from the station . |
| 5 | He stepped back onto the concrete and came round to the front of the building where the flowering cherries were just coming into bud on the lawn . |
| 6 | When Gan was complete , the Britannias , which were just coming into service with the RAF , would be able to reach Singapore without overflying India . |
| 7 | At the far end of the village street , just coming into sight and foreshortened by distance and the ancient lens , was a battalion of French infantry . |
| 8 | If you are a countryman , you may sit by a stream and contemplate a may tree just coming into blossom , or climb up on the ramparts of an iron age hill fort and let your soul soar with the wind . |
| 9 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 10 | The gregarious owls were juveniles less than a year old just coming into breeding condition , but unable to find a place to nest in the plantation . |
| 11 | Bills of exchange , the forerunners of cheques , were just coming into fashion . |
| 12 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 13 | As they climbed over the hedge , he was struck by the beauty of the day ; the hedgerows were just coming into leaf and the meadow was dotted with buttercups and daisies . |