Example sentences of "it into small " in BNC.

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1 The firm curd is squeezed through the cheesemaker 's fingers to break it into small particles — they must be small or the finished cheese will be of an uneven texture .
2 Remove the vanilla pod , skim the jam , and let it cool for a few minutes before turning it into small jars .
3 Buy about 1 ½ to 2 lb. of a good lean cut of beef — topside is perhaps the best — and cut it into small steaks each weighing about 3 to 4 oz .
4 Freddie fiddles with his dry biscuit , breaking it into small pieces , and dropping crumbs which catch in the hairy surface of his trousers .
5 Add the oil and deep fry the pork , stirring with a spatula to break it into small pieces .
6 She watched as Roman poured it into small white cups .
7 Birds of prey are animal hunters and most catch their prey alive , killing it quickly with their specially strong feet or talons , and if necessary tearing it into smaller pieces to swallow .
8 The salmon can recognise this cocktail first in a generalised way in the brackish water of an estuary and then with increasing precision as they follow it into smaller and smaller tributaries until at last they reach the shallows where it exactly matches the prescription demanded by their nostrils .
9 One way to reduce the size of a search tree is to split it into smaller sub-trees representing more manageable sub-problems .
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