Example sentences of "launched into a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the shopping centre , the Conservative candidate and his supporters , decked in blue rosettes , thrust their campaign leaflets into largely willing hands and launched into a well-practised patter . |
| 2 | Environmentalists and defenders of popular culture launched into a week-long debate about the pros and cons of the bonfire culture . |
| 3 | Dressed in a striped prison suit bearing his prison number , Guzmán remained defiant , however ; he ignored all questions and instead launched into a seven-minute address , insisting that his arrest was " simply a bend in the road " and that Sendero 's 12-year " people 's war " would finally end in triumph . |
| 4 | So , as the architects comfortably settled back into their chairs cradling their after-dinner brandies in preparation for some regal platitudes , the Prince launched into a stinging attack that left them reeling . |
| 5 | Warm things are said in the flush of the campaign but now that it 's over the first question the Tories should ask is how it would look to the country if a victorious party launched into a frontal assault on the BBC in the wake of its victory . |
| 6 | An investigation has been launched into a religious cult trying to recruit in Scotland 's universities . |
| 7 | On another occasion she was on the bus with fellow sixth-former Huma Farooqui when another passenger launched into a verbal assault . |
| 8 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 9 | Armed with a transcript , Mr Patten , Tory Party chairman , and Mr Heseltine , Environment Secretary , launched into a carefully-rehearsed re-enactment of the Labour leader 's encounter with 20-year-old Alec Dunn , a first-time voter from Bolton . |
| 10 | Red-faced and embarrassed , Mr Aird cleared his throat and launched into a few bars from Jean Sibelius Finlandia . |
| 11 | On 18 January he circularized all sections of the Labour Party and the Press , and launched into a revived campaign for the Peace Alliance . |
| 12 | The governor raised his shaggy brows at Flavia Sherman in a theatrical expression of sympathy as her husband launched into a detailed discussion of his hunting plans , and taking her by the elbow , he guided her away towards the waiting throng to begin introducing her . |