Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after this it was United who took the initiative as they sought to get back into the game . |
| 2 | They seemed to stretch back into the hillside as if they might , at some stage , cease to become manmade buildings of stone and wood and brick and become ancient caves ; tunnels that would penetrate deep into the earth 's core . |
| 3 | When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look . |
| 4 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
| 5 | It would give them the push they needed to come out into the open . |
| 6 | Afterwards they had gone out into the brilliant sunshine of mid-June , the English summer being fine for a change , and Matey had introduced her to her other , lesser treasure , the curate Mr Julian Sands . |
| 7 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
| 8 | Before they had ventured out into the snowstorm , their mother had issued instructions : ‘ Pin up your skirts before you go out into that plother . ’ |
| 9 | He dealt quickly with the Romanian trip until that day when they had driven up into the mountains to visit Putna . |
| 10 | In January 1982 , Malawi Radio announced that the Chirwas had been arrested with their son on Christmas Eve , and claimed that they had slipped back into the country to incite opposition to Banda 's Government . |
| 11 | Miles had remained silent as they had paddled out into the water , though his heart was full of anger and grief . |
| 12 | They had tunnelled down into the plateau , and they had built upwards as far as their materials and construction abilities would allow . |
| 13 | They walked away , and the exhibit , full of inertia and its own importance , continued to slide and pump long after they had walked on into the next display . |
| 14 | However , the Government made it plain that they intended to go back into the ERM when they judged the moment to be right . |
| 15 | He walked beside them on the pavement , three abreast , so that pedestrians coming towards them had to step out into the street . |