Example sentences of "we [vb past] into [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We divided into small groups .
2 Once on board , I took a look below , where many men folk were as comfortably spread on the saloon sofas as circumstances would permit , and finding a vacant space sufficiently large to stretch my full complement of feet and inches on , I tried to fall asleep before we got into rough water ; but with the first movement of the screw , I was on my feet and on deck , having a view of the hills round Gairloch as they slept in the mist of night ere the faint streaks of dawn disturbed their repose .
3 erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry .
4 The further we got into basic training the more obsessive I got about it .
5 Would you mind telling us , Mr Major , how we got into this mess and how we 're going to get out of it ?
6 A quarter of a million was taken off erm before we got into this budget cycle .
7 We got into this fight because we wanted to preserve our independence , and I do n't think our views have changed , have they ?
8 It makes me shudder now to think of it , how we waded into those strawberries and did n't suffer any ill effects afterwards .
9 For weeks we bumped into strange doors whilst making our way to bathroom and toilet in the dark .
10 The last day we bumped into this farmer
11 We changed into dry trousers and extracted sweaters from the bottom of our bags .
12 We changed into these outfits and assembled in classroom IB at seven forty-five A.M. Each uniform shirt had a large red shoulder patch with a white grid like three capital fs jammed together .
13 We moved into new offices in Singapore and overall our local operations based on extended DGPS networks and radio positioning services had record sales .
14 but he , he , I mean we 've not seen him he 's been away four years , I know he 's been coming home first , for holidays , visit , but he 's not been at home because , well we moved into that house , if you remember we moved
15 that 's right , but , when we moved into that house erm I conned him I says er are you gon na give us er ten quid for a new house ?
16 I then er , we then broke away and went up to the er , I suppose it 's the , I do n't know what part of the , but it 's the Dales , that 's where I moved to then and then to because my dad could n't , getting on in years , he could n't take the hills up and then from I got married and we moved into this address here and then that was the day after war was declared that I got married .
17 at the time and we took that with us , which was an old fashioned , a really old Victorian suite which we got rid of when we moved into this house .
18 ‘ The hut we moved into last week , we had to sweep the sheep-dirt out first .
19 Last but not least , we ventured into another area completely in October , when Mark and his team joined us with their Compliance Testing Service .
20 Keeping strictly to the coastline we turned into Lantic Bay , an area full of romantic names .
21 ‘ Half the time you have this little-girl-lost look — like when we walked into this bar tonight — and then suddenly you look all determined and hard . ’
22 We walked into this shop in Denmark Street , ’ relates Niall Linehan , ‘ with the intention of buying a spare guitar , and I 'd had my eye on this Gibson Les Paul hanging on the wall there .
23 By this method , we tapped into informal networks of innovators within the organization .
24 We fell into easy comradeship and collaboration .
25 Do you remember the bar we went into that night with Sally and Perry ?
26 We went into one place and there was a carpet on the sitting room floor , it was nicely set out .
27 We went into this basement and smashed up loads of glasses , tables , chairs — anything that was in the room — and recorded it , ’ whispers bearded , bass-playing vocalist Neil .
28 Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress .
29 Auck Auckland and we went there and we went into this restaurant well believe it or not , I 've never seen food like that , I mean Joy asked for a leg of lamb , I did n't say leg of lamb , I had the cod pieces
30 We went into this room and there was this music playing like on the erm like John
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