Example sentences of "into his [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For ‘ Bondy ’ the roof literally caved in as Rowland launched a detailed investigation into his financial affairs that triggered his downfall and subsequent imprisonment . |
| 2 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |
| 3 | She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered . |
| 4 | I put my toe into his cupped hands and hoist myself up on to the wall . |
| 5 | He reached into his back pockets and took out a wad of old notes . |
| 6 | Early last month , a Russian war veteran took matters into his own hands and delivered to the German embassy in Moscow a cache of drawings , prints and paintings , among which , according to the German Foreign Office , is a Durer . |
| 7 | Faced with a national drought that was playing havoc with his own garden and those of his village neighbours , one Richard Bullock took matters into his own hands and ended up in the dock for his pains . |
| 8 | At their wedding ceremony on Christmas Eve , 1873 , John took embarrassing matters into his own hands and nominated a Thomas Tiller as his father and claimed to be of full age . |
| 9 | He changed into his old clothes and left . |