Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] [adv prt] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 I felt I had stepped back into a thirties ' film and that in the morning , when we went down into the bar for café au lait , Arletty and Jean Gabin would be leaning on the zinc counter .
2 Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong .
3 But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world .
4 I had to go back into the van to collect my Certificate ( proof ) .
5 I had gone out into the garden , closing the scullery door as quietly as I could .
6 They did n't have any money either at this point , so to get them out , I had to slip back into the States without anybody knowing and sell off everything we owned — all the furniture and household stuff .
7 I had to walk out into the street to find my way home as if nothing had happened . ’
8 Bland little symbols were only mirrors of colour and shape that she had to push around into the order her teachers wanted .
9 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
10 Snatching an old raincoat from the hallstand she had plunged out into the rain .
11 She had swayed back into an upright position and reverted to a tone of easy confidence .
12 She could feel the tightness in her chest which she had experienced when she had rushed out into the night the previous week .
13 When it came to her last day at home , she had gone out into the garden for a final look round .
14 Sara carefully separated her gloves which she had rolled up into a ball .
15 She had to get out into the fresh air .
16 He did not believe that Rose , if she had come back into the flat , would have let the cat out , or left it unfed .
17 Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau .
18 To do that she had to step out into the road near the truck .
19 Afterwards they had gone out into the brilliant sunshine of mid-June , the English summer being fine for a change , and Matey had introduced her to her other , lesser treasure , the curate Mr Julian Sands .
20 But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar .
21 Before they had ventured out into the snowstorm , their mother had issued instructions : ‘ Pin up your skirts before you go out into that plother . ’
22 He dealt quickly with the Romanian trip until that day when they had driven up into the mountains to visit Putna .
23 Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement .
24 In January 1982 , Malawi Radio announced that the Chirwas had been arrested with their son on Christmas Eve , and claimed that they had slipped back into the country to incite opposition to Banda 's Government .
25 Miles had remained silent as they had paddled out into the water , though his heart was full of anger and grief .
26 They had tunnelled down into the plateau , and they had built upwards as far as their materials and construction abilities would allow .
27 They walked away , and the exhibit , full of inertia and its own importance , continued to slide and pump long after they had walked on into the next display .
28 The Morning Advertiser of 24 September reported on an in-depth survey that it had carried out into the effects of the guest beer provision .
29 As they went they noticed several places to right and left of the path where he had broken off into the wilderness .
30 Especially if it meant he had to go out into the dark .
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