Example sentences of "man [verb] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to know how this man got into the courtyard — somebody must have opened the main door and gate for him and it 's possible that somebody going out may have seen him . |
| 2 | The old man got into the car and they all drove to the competition . |
| 3 | The man got into the lift with her after he had been waiting in the foyer . |
| 4 | According to William , the man and the woman took all their clothes off and climbed into the bath so the woman was sitting with her back to the man , and the man peed into the water . |
| 5 | For the dying man to lapse into a state of stupor or incoherence was regarded as a misfortune both for him and for those unable to profit from his words , or even , perhaps , from some shared glimpse of the unseen . |
| 6 | THE VANISHING ( 15 ) A MAN drives into a petrol station with his girlfriend . |
| 7 | A MAN drives into a petrol station with his girlfriend . |
| 8 | In Yorkshire when man goes into a decline during his wife 's pregnancy they giggle behind their hands and say he is " carrying " the baby , I never laugh at these remarks because I am convinced I " carried " my son . |
| 9 | A man goes into a shop and says , ‘ Can I have Death Wish II , please ? ’ |
| 10 | I 've heard one like that , I 've heard about the one where the man goes into the and and is there for years . |
| 11 | A man goes into the pub , you 've all heard this but I 'll tell you it again . |
| 12 | I ran across the road to the open door of another tiny studio , and saw a grizzle-bearded hobo-like man singing into a microphone , his mouth wide open and his eyes half closed . |
| 13 | He is like a poor man lifted into a limitless inheritance . |
| 14 | The man slumped into an unconscious heap at Bernard 's feet . |
| 15 | When the old man came into the yard she pointed towards the coalhouse ; the next minute , looking down on the bloodied form , he said , ‘ God in heaven ! ’ |
| 16 | For instance , if a man came into the station and said , ‘ The man next door has stolen a bottle of milk from my doorstep , ’ in the Met. , they would say : ‘ This man has made an accusation . |
| 17 | The man came into the store , stamped his foot on the mat and went to the counter . |
| 18 | Their faces snarled at him as he struggled vainly against their far superior strength , and a tall , broad-shouldered man came into the warehouse and walked slowly and deliberately towards him . |
| 19 | An old man came into the office . |
| 20 | A tall young man came into the back of the room . |
| 21 | A tall , strong man came into the room . |
| 22 | Anyway , one day a young man came into the shop where she worked . |
| 23 | The following Monday afternoon , shortly after lunch , two customers poring over the jewellery in Fox 's Lair looked up in surprise as a tall man came into the shop like a whirlwind and gave Elise a brief , unsmiling greeting . |
| 24 | She said while they were talking a black man came into the room and threatned the couple with a knife . |
| 25 | A man climbs into a machine and takes to the air and crosses the English Channel . |
| 26 | Another man drove into the street , to look at a car he wanted to buy , and left his Peugeot unlocked with the child inside . |
| 27 | One old man hauled into a police van declared : ‘ They 've invited us to the birthday celebrations , do n't you see ! ’ |
| 28 | He stood like a man turned into a pillar of salt , his mouth open , his eyes distraught . |
| 29 | A man turned into a baby , who bobbed his head and wept . |
| 30 | ‘ See here , ’ said the doctor doubtfully , ‘ it is n't usual for a man to walk into an empty house at four in the morning and come out with another man 's cheque for nearly a hundred pounds . ’ |