Example sentences of "[vb past] into the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Ventures period , Moseley moved into the manufacture of Dobros until about 1969 . |
| 2 | He started up , engaged a gear and moved into the line of cars , three behind the Renault . |
| 3 | She glanced up with dread and peered into the sea of faces that was watching her with curiosity . |
| 4 | Left leg straight , foot still braced against the ground , heel raised , toes gouged into the litter of leaves as if scrabbling for a hold . |
| 5 | I was astonished , and a little dismayed , by the ease with which Dana entered into the spirit of things , giving Indian war-whoops and clowning and laughing in a way I thought was rather contemptible . |
| 6 | They hastened into the shelter of rocks and wood , wary of falling branches but aware that they had little choice but to seek refuge from the storm in the wind-shadow of great trees . |
| 7 | It roared past the window , then exploded into the block of flats opposite . |
| 8 | Once we got into the swing of things , it took no time at all . ’ |
| 9 | They reached Cannes , where Ken got into the spirit of things again much to Paddick 's embarrassment . |
| 10 | Benjamin walked into the line of trees and stared through the snow-dripping darkness . |
| 11 | This , as he writes about the brevity of human life , he is moved to exclaim , ‘ So I have seen a rose newly sprung from the clefts of its hood , and at first it was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb 's fleece ’ , and he continues to describe its life until ‘ it bowed the head and broke its stalk and at night having lost some of its leaves , and all its beauty , it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces ’ . |
| 12 | Also at about the same moment as the homing rat disappeared into the maze of runs under the city , scurrying along in faultless obedience to an ancient instinct , the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork picked up the letters delivered that morning by albatross . |
| 13 | The mathematical precision which went into the development of hieroglyphics and the invention of paper resulted in an efficient and scientific method of building which still remains a mystery to modern day man . |
| 14 | The horse , trained to keep calm , hardly moved , but the schoolgirl shrieked in terror and let go of her pram , which ran into the column of marchers ; it hit the man standing next to Clare , who stumbled heavily against her , knocking her sideways . |
| 15 | He knew that escape would not be made by force but , even so , his mind returned again and again to the grains and snippets of stories that had somehow ( how ? ) permeated into the world of Men . |
| 16 | William Connors had briefed him many times in the past , yet Delaney even now , was unsure of just where Connors fitted into the scheme of things . |
| 17 | Trusting to the shock resistance of her combat gear , Defries jumped into the rain of rocks and braced her feet against a projecting shelf . |
| 18 | Gooch , a 25-year-old bricklayer , had three weeks of a one-year ban left to run when he lost control of his Ford Escort and careered into the group of children . |