Example sentences of "then [vb past] [pron] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting . |
| 2 | He then led them into the Catherine Palace , once more brandishing his authority whenever an official came forward to stop them . |
| 3 | This is a rather strange piece of behaviour , which gave rise in the l9th century to the belief that the female cuckoo swallowed her egg after laying it and then regurgitated it into the host 's nest . |
| 4 | His frown deepened , then transformed itself into a radiant grin . |
| 5 | She flicked through a wad of bills without counting , then dropped them into the case and closed the lid . |
| 6 | They came with their ideals , found idyllic peace in the countryside , where a man could hardly fail to notice God in the quietness ; said their prayers in one of the fairest little parish churches in all the land ; reacted against , and then threw themselves into the orderliness of quasi-monastic life ; and studied what they wanted , and thought about truth . |
| 7 | Some mythic elements seem to be transformations of this cult practice , for example the episode where the young goddess Britomartis leaps into the sea to escape the clutches of Minos , or the contest at Aptera between Muses and Sirens which ended in the defeat of the Sirens , who then threw themselves into the sea . |
| 8 | Charles cut the hair up to the nape of the neck at the back , then graduated it into a flattering , face-framing bob . |
| 9 | You need one of those slave-driving old studio bosses if you ask me , not a sensitive graduate who went into movies because he liked the clouds in Antonioni and then turned himself into a nouvelle vague Deutscher all hot for Truthspiel . |
| 10 | He then turned himself into an enormous DRAGON and settled down on top of the cache . |
| 11 | Donald McCulloch grinned with pleasure and then turned it into a look of complicity for the younger men . |
| 12 | He pulled the horse round to face eastwards , then spurred it into the tall field of rye . |
| 13 | Helen had waited for five minutes , not knowing at all why , then followed him into the bedroom . |
| 14 | Paul Sharp , 27 , and David Sweeney , 28 , argued with the manager of the Step In Indian restaurant in Foregate Street , Chester , and then followed him into the kitchen , Chester Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 15 | He held the door open for her then followed her into the warmth of the bar . |
| 16 | He watched her go , his smile crooked , heard her say goodnight to Matey — her manners were always impeccable — then followed her into the kitchen to pick up her candlestick and light the candle for her ; it had grown dark while they had drunk their cocoa and eaten their biscuits . |
| 17 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 18 | David McPherson had deceived John O'Donnell , 25 , into going to Argyll with him then delivered him into the hands of several other men . |
| 19 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 20 | A gorgeously dressed footman inspected her ticket , then bowed her into the hallway which was brilliant with candles and thronged with people . |
| 21 | Huffily Leonora filled the kettle , made coffee , then took hers into the other room . |
| 22 | The coach then took us into the Wachau Valley for lunch at another 5-star hotel and then after a short walk through the medieval village and Durnstein Castle , we went on to the ‘ UND ’ Monastery at Krems for a wine tasting . |
| 23 | Her father tapped the ash off his cigarette into his cupped hand and then blew it into the air . |
| 24 | Park Court , which houses Hilda 's flat , was at one time an outhouse for a local manor , but in 1931 the owner left it to the local council who then converted it into a fire station . |
| 25 | and then converted it into a you know , sort of , a modest hotel . |
| 26 | Sometimes he picked something up , squatting on heels to examine it , then slipped it into a bag that hung from his shoulder ; or put it down again , going on . |
| 27 | When Mrs Thatcher first came into power , she got hold of the pound note , held it up and tore it in half and then tore it into a quarter , and she said this is what the pound 's worth under the Labour government . |
| 28 | Whitlock shot Kolchinsky a knowing look then ushered him into the lift . |
| 29 | They threatened him with a spanner and screwdriver , then forced him into the back of his Sierra . |
| 30 | He tied her up then forced her into a clearing in the dunes and raped her twice , the court heard . |