Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day a subaltern got into a first-class railway carriage and found sitting there a ‘ coloured gentleman ’ . |
| 2 | Like a lot of the French women , she was dressed to perfection , her straight dark hair coiled into an immaculate chignon at the back of her neck , her nail varnish perfectly matching her shade of lipstick . |
| 3 | Two teenage boys were missing feared drowned after their car crashed into a swollen river at Duleek , County Louth . |
| 4 | Twice she was in the very act , loaded fork in her hand , when her breathing quickened , her mouth drew into a forbidding shiver of disgust , and she waited for the next signal to come round . |
| 5 | I see in my mind the laughter of Ramakrishna transformed into a transcendent substance which echoes down the mystic roads . |
| 6 | Coming into the kitchen , Pat dropped into an easy chair by the fire . |
| 7 | Fifty-two people were killed when shells slammed into a makeshift hospital in the enclave , one of the United Nations 's six ‘ safe areas ’ for Bosnia 's Slavic Muslims . |
| 8 | And bit by bit their lovemaking turned into a dry ritual which caused Rita no actual pain , only a lingering , grey regret . |
| 9 | What should have been a triumphant closing ceremony turned into an embarrassing muddle , so much so that Polish television switched to a football match . |
| 10 | The car turned into a narrow lane . |
| 11 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 12 | A panelled room , which was Bishop Cosin 's study , Ramsey turned into a small oratory for weekday sacraments or prayers . |
| 13 | That afternoon , Draper and Branson walked into a Caribbean restaurant on the Portobello Road to meet his alleged assailants . |
| 14 | While I was choosing it , the kids vanished into a nearby pet store where they discovered a nice little iguana . |
| 15 | The horse broke into a furious gallop . |
| 16 | The second edition of GCE evolved into a new grammar , which we named A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language , published by Longman in 1985 . |
| 17 | The aircraft flew into a large flock of seagulls just after take-off , and sustained multiple bird strikes . |
| 18 | Then her lips broke into a beaming smile . |
| 19 | Also , the film lost one Val and its pilot in a dive-bombing accident when the aircraft went into a high speed stall and crashed into a sugar cane field . |
| 20 | The Countess fell into a disapproving silence as a young and handsome British officer offered Lucille a low and evidently uncorseted bow . |
| 21 | Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned . |
| 22 | David was driving to his country mansion in Halsall when his car somersaulted into a water-filled ditch . |
| 23 | Alsatian pet Lupa tucked into a hearty meal as thieves searched Gazza 's empty home in Rome over Christmas while he was in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 24 | Richard looked up and his lips relaxed into a slight smile . |
| 25 | Meredith burst into a relentless rattle of meaningless information , determined to keep the conversation going . |
| 26 | She was wearing a chestnut-brown sweater in fine wool belted into a black skirt which swung calf length above high-heeled boots . |
| 27 | Because they had so much more energy available to them , cyanobacteria exploded into a vast array of different forms . |
| 28 | During the pre-dawn beach landing — seen by millions on prime-time TV — one bunch of marines crashed into a waiting press team . |
| 29 | One of them shaped like a mobile telephone crashed into a high voltage power line cutting off 500 homes . |
| 30 | Her cackle turned into a bronchial cough . |