Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] into the [adj -est] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had manoeuvred her just right , pressing her into the tightest corner , standing squarely in front of her so that she had no choice but to stare into his dark , angry face . |
| 2 | Six years later Murphy had turned it into the biggest agency in Scotland , overtaking Barkers , traditionally the market leader , and bought it out ( the implicit threat being that he would start up on his own ) for £100,000 . |
| 3 | " And I would so enjoy turning it into the best school of its kind in Frizingley . |
| 4 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 5 | Very deliberately , Ricci slowly rotated it into the best position for nut-cracking . |
| 6 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |