Example sentences of "[vb pp] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next moment she jumped up , almost angrily , as though she had been trapped into a softness that she did not mean . |
| 2 | One therefore gets trapped into a situation where it appears much easier to carry on in the business than to divest , or move out . |
| 3 | It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle . |
| 4 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 5 | The closing of the railway line was regretted but the station has been made into a club and the old engine shed into a sports hall . |
| 6 | Turn a garden shed into a conservatory … |
| 7 | David Hindmarch , of Deans Square , Topcliffe , near Thirsk was promised a prize of some kitchen units which he intended to use as part of a scheme to turn a garden shed into a workshop for his disabled wife . |
| 8 | A story-board is a script presented as a series of drawings , so that the composition of each shot , and the flow of images from shot to shot , can be designed into a movie from the earliest stages . |
| 9 | Where quality is designed into a product , the benefits can be long product life , absence of faults and subsequent breakdowns , reliability , increase in value and many others . |
| 10 | Alexei 's right hand clenched into a fist and Rostov tensed to receive the attack which he was sure he had provoked . |
| 11 | Robyn 's insides clenched into a tight ball . |
| 12 | She could feel that the muscles in her stomach were clenched into a tight ball . |
| 13 | Its particular advantage is that everything is contained into a smaller central area . |
| 14 | He watched the first squall race towards them , the rain compressed into a curtain above the white line of wave caps . |
| 15 | Father Poole 's mouth compressed into a thin hard line . |
| 16 | Montgomery made his own examination of the body , his mouth compressed into a thin line of concentration . |
| 17 | His lips were compressed into a thin line as he awaited some explanation . |
| 18 | It can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag or box and tucked away in an odd corner till next required . |
| 19 | In the case of Julie Smith it will be very short and admission procedures , nursing assessment and preparation for theatre will have to be compressed into a very short space of time . |
| 20 | Others may genuinely believe that even lengthy dreams have been compressed into a brief period . |
| 21 | All is compressed into a chapter heading illustration that shares the space available with the title , ‘ Start with Soup ’ . |
| 22 | It makes an intelligent compendium of this mysterious people 's history and culture , compressed into a serpentine and bewildering suite of quite small rooms and exhibits : their furniture , their costumes , the trades they have practised , the things they have manufactured , their art and religious objects , and so on . |
| 23 | ‘ Only it 's always nice to have a biscuit with coffee , is n't it , or a choc- ’ Mrs Mentiply broke o Her face slowly compressed into a frown . |
| 24 | Her mouth was compressed into a tight line . |
| 25 | Instead of the blue uniform , which sat well on his big frame , he was sporting a hideous shirt patterned with palm trees and his plump buttocks were compressed into a pair of fawn slacks , the cut of which would have flattered a slimmer figure but was less than kind to his own . |
| 26 | All the matter in the star will be compressed into a region of zero volume , so the density of matter and the curvature of space-time become infinite . |
| 27 | His mouth was compressed into a straight line and his brows were drawn together . |
| 28 | She was white and her lips were compressed into a pale line . |
| 29 | Lips compressed into a thin line of tension , she strode along the corridor and into her office , wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of stale air . |
| 30 | They were like chips of blue ice , his lips compressed into a thin line . |