Example sentences of "she [vb past] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bumped into Eurythmic Dave Stewart in a cafe in Sunderland and was promptly signed to his Anxious record label . |
| 2 | After directing the Verity films , the company she and Sydney formed during the Second World War , she moved into independent feature production . |
| 3 | Curling up beneath the window she sank into gorgeous oblivion . |
| 4 | She entered into technical discussions with the shopkeepers in a way totally beyond the capacity of Owen and Mahmoud , explaining that while she normally wore only French perfume , she was considering experimenting with a combination of French and Arab scents : ‘ une vraie Cairéenne , n'est ce pas ? ’ |
| 5 | Feeling refreshed , she changed into pastel pink shorts and a baggy white sweater with matching pink motif . |
| 6 | She got it when she sailed into neighbouring Albania a week ago , the first British warship to visit the country for 54 years . |
| 7 | She dropped into agitated silence . |
| 8 | She retreated into clouded vision , only half-saw the Ventoux , the Vallauris potteries , the evening games of boules under the plane trees in the timeless village square . |
| 9 | Then as Mr Wishart was about to say ‘ Thank you ’ , to his surprise she vanished into thin air . |
| 10 | Wearing neither head-dress , veil nor jewellery — save the two rings — she stepped into soft shoes of blue leather embroidered with gold . |
| 11 | Kate found it difficult to keep her colour from rising under the enthusiastic appreciation she was being subjected to , and , to try and break the dangerous spell , she broke into provocative speech . |
| 12 | With a helpless sigh she stared into deep grey eyes that seemed to see too much . |
| 13 | She fell into deep sleep . |
| 14 | There were only a few weeks now before she went into dry dock . |
| 15 | With a hoarse cry she went into violent climax , her body possessed by the pulse that roared in her ears , her heart , her stomach , her thighs and made her limbs spasm and twist in ecstasy beneath him — no longer human , no longer conscious , no longer caring about anything except the dark flood of pleasure that rushed through her and shook her till she rattled and writhed to a hot , pulsing oblivion on his body . |
| 16 | In Emily Carew 's presence he was kind and polite and remarkably subdued , listening with infinite patience when she lapsed into wistful nostalgia as she recalled the days when Carewscourt was the centre of social activity in this part of Mayo . |
| 17 | She ran into other nearby shops looking for him and asking people if they 'd seen him . |
| 18 | Poor Sybil believed every word of Mildred 's story about the frog and she burst into renewed and even noisier sobs , so deafening that Maud and Mildred thought it best to scurry away , leaving Clarice to offer comfort . |
| 19 | At this she burst into loud laughter that sounded rather like the hooting of a siamang and slapped her thighs with her hands . |
| 20 | And she burst into tinkling and self-approving laughter . |
| 21 | Blue , blue eyes caught and held hers , and she burst into delighted laughter . |