Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] into " in BNC.

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1 There was further antagonism when she failed to get into Leeds Polytechnic but wanted to be with Gedge so much that she still moved to Leeds anyway .
2 ‘ ACCESS HATCH ’ , she read embossed into a transparent panel , and , in smaller letters underneath , ‘ IN EMERGENCY , ENTER CODE 398 . ’
3 The lift they entered was crowded , forcing them to stand close together , the brush of Luke 's jacket sleeve against her bare arm adding to the difficulty of trying to sort out what she was going to say to him before she agreed to get into the car with him .
4 When she woke in the morning , she felt a profound reluctance to meet any of the family in case she got drawn into any more dramas .
5 Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road .
6 ‘ Thank goodness for that ! ’ she exclaimed settling into her seat .
7 She tried to recede into her seat , to keep out of it .
8 She tried to withdraw into herself .
9 But more often than not she would climb the stairs — however many flights there might be — as she felt panic rising within her as soon as she tried to step into the lift .
10 All went well until she tried to climb into a taxi after the reception at the exclusive Dorchester Club following a quiet ceremony for family and a few friends at Chelsea Register Office .
11 However hard she tried to climb into his mind and find out what was going on in there , she never seemed to get beyond that barrier which he had laid down .
12 She was right , only the anachronisms she tried to wedge into Daine 's Dream did n't take .
13 She tried to think into motherhood , though Jeremy was twenty-five .
14 She read with avidity the endlessly cosy adventures of wealthy children on farms and in smugglers ' caves and country houses , but she found built into them a warning against too much belief .
15 Suddenly afraid of what she had unleashed , Shae backed away , barely realising she 'd stepped into her own room till he closed the door behind them .
16 If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’
17 She felt bitterly ashamed of the way she 'd fallen into Rohan 's arms .
18 They did n't see the second passenger because she 'd fallen into the well between the front and back seats .
19 They stared at her as if she 'd turned into a circus freak .
20 It had echoed after she 'd left him , as she 'd turned into the archway in the wall and passed through the shrubbery of azaleas and magnolias and tree mallows , as she 'd passed through the drawing-room and the hall .
21 WHEN Stephanie Cole went to the read-through of the BBC2 film Memento Mori , there were so many famous names present that she felt she 'd stumbled into Who 's Who in the Theatre .
22 This is what she 'd grown into . ’
23 Diane Rohmer had been an unspectacular student , chugging through the system along a safe , marked trail , and it was n't surprising that she 'd gone into research .
24 She 'd gone into labour when she was told about the Antelope , and Martin was born about a month premature .
25 Maggie turned round to find herself staring into the eyes she 'd stared into in the pub .
26 He had glanced up at her as she 'd swept into his office , dressed in a pair of slim navy trousers and a plain navy top , her working gear , and told her , ‘ Take a seat .
27 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
28 It all looked delightfully cosy , with an en-suite bathroom , but Kate backed out of the room as quickly as if she 'd walked into a pit full of rattlesnakes .
29 Roz got up to answer it , and when she 'd vanished into the lounge , Hatch added , ‘ Jack 'll never show .
30 No wonder she 'd disappeared into the wide blue yonder .
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