Example sentences of "i [verb] into the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ?
2 Now , I laid into the JMP-1 for having but a single input on the front , with no means of connection to the back of the unit ; the TriAxis has the input to the rear , with no input on the front !
3 When it came I tried frantically to remember all that had been forced into me by my mentor , and to the utter amazement of all — around but mainly myself — I passed into the 17th Entry at Halton in January 1928 with , I believe , 305 out of a total of just under 400 starters .
4 I got into the rear seat and the colonel closed the door .
5 He seemed disappointed and I soon saw why when I got into the main hall .
6 In my small way , because I felt that the whole business had been handled most unsatisfactorily by Baldwin and exploited by others , including the Archbishop of Canterbury , I plunged into the resulting controversy .
7 Incidentally , Liza , guess who I bumped into the other day walking down Piccadilly . ’
8 As I moved into the small museum , a male chorus started singing over the sound system : Glory , glory , it 's a hell of a way to die …
9 As they came closer , I moved into the darkest corner of the hut .
10 It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’
11 I wandered into the wholesale office of a big tobacco factory , and found myself in a dark panelled Victorian world of snuff counters , old polished scales for weighing out ounces of baccy and a snug with settle chairs .
12 I sneaked into the main dealing room and found a heating vent near the skirting-board at one end which I could unscrew and look as if I was doing something professional .
13 It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’
14 I came into the first form of his boarding school .
15 It was only 5.30 pm when I came into the main hospital building , but a cheeky nurse said ‘ Bon soir , Miss Veness , parlez-vous Francaise ?
16 I walk into the terminal thinking , Well , at least there is n't that smell of sewage around you sometimes get when you arrive in dear old Embra ; I 'm not sure I could handle that right now .
17 As I drove into the underground car park of Pretty , Keen , Bastards , the garageman looked
18 Instead , I bought a number of computer magazines which I read into the small hours each night .
19 It began to rain , so I dodged into the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart .
20 I climbed into the little turret down from the Bird .
21 As I pass into the cool , dappled light , the deep silence of the wood surrounds me .
22 At the hotel I paid him in cash with a bonus and sent him on his way , and was in time to see Filmer 's backview receding into a dark-looking bar as I walked into the big central hall lobby .
23 As usual I popped into the second-hand bookshops and , as usual , failed to find any old golf books of any interest .
24 Whilst other girls arrest their make-up in mid-slither down their faces , I stare into the foggy mirror .
25 The topmost foliage is taller than me and the growth is so dense I can not be seen from the lawn as I dig into the muddy trench which forms an oasis round the stem .
26 I collapsed into the front seat — I 'm not a good backseat driver — and tried to harness my heartbeat .
27 This is why , by mistake one evening , I stumbled into the wrong accommodation and upon a honeymoon couple .
28 Most days , I worked into the early hours , leaving little time to spend with Joan .
29 I whistle into the bright morning , feeling at one with the world .
30 I clipped into the top peg and swung around in tides of feelings below the bulge .
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