Example sentences of "it [vb past] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was penetrating — I ca n't tell you how penetrating — and wet ; it got into all the corners . |
| 2 | The government had better learn to reach compromises with its own MPs before it got into a pickle . |
| 3 | Some of it got into the car and irritated my eyes : I had to take a hand off the steering wheel to rub them and it was almost wrenched out of my grasp as the car lurched into a hole in the road . |
| 4 | And Hardy 's were probably the best known fishing tackle shop in the world and it got into the hands of one of the Hardy 's brothers and he said , ‘ May we market it under your name ? ’ and I said , ‘ My God , I 'd rather have that than a knighthood ’ — this was some years ago — and then Hardy 's were rationalized , which means of course that everything costs twice as much and there was n't as much in the shop . |
| 5 | ‘ We shall treat this as a suspicious death ; there will be an autopsy and , of course , an investigation to discover the source of the poison and how it got into the brandy . ’ |
| 6 | so those houses were all sandbagged , but it , it got into some , the problem was that the , the road closed sign kept blowing down in the wind , I tried to stand it up but it was oh so heavy , I got it up , but it , it immediately blew down again , and |
| 7 | So then it got into |
| 8 | Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance . |
| 9 | A few years later , however , it passed into the ownership of Lord Gerald of Brandon , who sold it in 1682 , to the Speaker of the House of Commons , Sir Edward Seymour . |
| 10 | The water 's work being done it passed into the Swilgate , this wending its way to the outskirts of Tewkesbury , where it joins the Severn . |
| 11 | In 1923 ( three years before the 1926 Circular ) it passed into the control of that council , and became Banbury County School . |
| 12 | Since the time available is so limited , very few will get the chance even to introduce a Bill , let alone see it passed into law . |
| 13 | After the Chester Beatty sale of 1969 it passed into the hands of a well-known London bookseller , Alan G. Thomas ( who in 1975 published a fine book , Great Books and Book Collectors ) . |
| 14 | The Lanx , a rectangular dish , 48 x 38 cm and weighing over 10lbs , was discovered by chance in February 1734 or 5 in the bank of the River Tyne at Corbridge in Northumberland by the daughter of the local cobbler , from whom it passed into the hands of the Dukes of Northumberland . |
| 15 | Through the years it passed into the possession of many Norman knights , nobility and royalty until in the 18th century , by marriage , it came to the family of the Marquesses of Bute . |
| 16 | From them , it passed into the culture of the troop . |
| 17 | The word was brought west by Xenophon , who introduced it into Greek when describing the fabulous garden built by the Persian Emperor Cyrus at Sardis ; from the Greek paradeisoi it passed into Latin as paradisum ; and hence into Middle English as paradis . |
| 18 | BG is also awaiting the outcome of the Monopolies Commission 's investigation it requested into gas trading and transportation . |
| 19 | She accepted the offer gratefully , feeling the train slow down even more as it cruised into the vast amphitheatre of concrete and glass that was the terminus itself . |
| 20 | On reaching Worsley the canal tunnelled into the sandstone cliff to reach the coal workings some three-quarters of a mile inside the hill , where it divided into channels that eventually reached a length of several miles . |
| 21 | Any room is easier to plan , decorate and arrange if you imagine it divided into three basic parts : the background — walls , ceiling , floor , windows and lighting ; the furniture and furnishings ; and the accessories — the personal possessions that will give it personality and character . |
| 22 | It divided into two , then curled back on each side of her head , bursting into bud , then leaf , to wrap around her skull . |
| 23 | I trekked the length and breadth of Charing Cross Road and the surrounding area when I bought mine in ‘ 68 , and I still remember it was in a different league to everything else , although it crept into the £50 plus bracket , rather than the £40 I had saved . |
| 24 | A huge , heavy , panelled oak door faced it , and peering through the windows I saw that it led into the mill kitchen . |
| 25 | It led into a corridor , lined with doors . |
| 26 | It led into the plush office of Jacques Rust , head of UNACO 's European operation . |
| 27 | Circuiting the crowd that milled around with plates and dishes in search of sustenance , she walked towards it , and saw that it led into a pleasingly arranged conservatory . |
| 28 | On the left a door with a frosted glass panel in it led into Tom Watt 's office , a long narrow north-facing room with a tall sash-window at the far end . |
| 29 | It led into a tiny vestibule with doors on all three sides . |
| 30 | If antagonisms or competition became overt within the house , it disbanded into separate units ( Overing Kaplan 1975 ) . |