Example sentences of "into [noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Mercedes burst into flames and broke up with the burning wreckage being thrown among the spectators .
2 They are instead bent into semicircles and joined together at their ends to form a solid circular toroid .
3 Biddy 's gimlet eyes screwed into Nutty and travelled reflectively to the scowling Nails , nervous little Hoomey and Jazz in his rain-soggy turban , all lined up against the wall .
4 Remember that it is far better to get down and then to run into obstruction than to stall on to it at flying speed .
5 He was challenged by his University Professors to put his faith into action and did so by ‘ Going to the Poor ’ .
6 Around Christmas people go into shops and break in at night for what they want .
7 He slipped the cab into gear and eased away from the kerb .
8 Still dazed , Mrs Lomax put the car into gear and drove slowly in a semi-circle , back to the rough track that led away from the Monument .
9 I put the car into gear and drive back to Jamie 's flat .
10 Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot .
11 Once we made it in four hours , door to beach to door : bury Mum 's feet in the sand , forget they 're there , plunge spade into sand and come close to severing three toes .
12 But then , he would n't have wanted to see Isabelle 's treasured possessions grimly thrust into bin-bags and left outside for collection .
13 They took the same tube into work but walked apart on the final stretch to the office in case anyone saw them together and jumped to the right conclusion .
14 Small operators have been driven into bankruptcy or bought up by the giants , and buses have become older and less reliable .
15 The Great Central Railway , from Marylebone to Manchester via Sheffield , opened in 1900 , the last great trunk railway construction , limped its way through the century to be finally chopped up into pieces and closed down in 1969 .
16 We drove calmly into town and parked easily on a single yellow .
17 Then one day another mutual friend from their days at the Royal Victoria breezed into town and ended up on Mick 's floor for a couple of nights .
18 Catherine and Mary together sang ‘ The Lover 's Complaint ’ ; Mrs Robinson gave them a moving ballad about a double death on Scafell ; Annie began a song , burst into embarrassment and ran out with Damson mewing ‘ No-oo-oo , No-oo-oo ’ , behind her .
19 But if Russia falls into anarchy or lurches back into despotism the price that we pay could be frightening . ’
20 He had been going to convert it into flats but backed out of the deal nearly as fast as the second prospective buyer , who was a surveyor himself .
21 ‘ We tried desperately to get out of the format of landing somewhere , splitting up , getting lost and getting captured , getting into trouble and getting out of it .
22 He insisted on sending more , and so two hundred and thirty thousand Italians were packed into trains and sent off to Russia , Zen 's father among them .
23 It is not a tuck stitch at all , but the name comes from the same term used in dressmaking , where woven fabric is stitched , or tucked , into ridges that look much like this fabric .
24 Corbett continued into Inverkeithing and went straight to the ale-house where he had told Ranulf to meet him .
25 They had meant it to be special , but at the time , it had been dreadful , and when they began to sing Happy Birthday , Jay had burst into tears and run out of the room .
26 Matthew burst into tears and ran out of the restaurant .
27 Suzi burst into tears and hurried up to the bathroom .
28 If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room .
29 Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away .
30 She got into bed and settled back against the pillows .
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