Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cranes were used to hoist it into place on the 8th March 1986 . |
| 2 | As individual developments , both directions were destined to run themselves into the ground . |
| 3 | After 1945 , the committee was allowed to divide itself into subcommittees , it gave up scrutinizing the estimates in detail and began to look at the way money was being spent in selected fields and how far government policy was being achieved . |
| 4 | Isaacs named the substance interferon , and for some years vigorous efforts were made to develop it into a practical therapeutic agent . |
| 5 | TODAY launched a campaign after customers claimed high-pressure selling techniques were used to push them into signing misleading agreements . |
| 6 | When this opening was created between two rooms , elegant display shelving , storage cupboards and stylish Victorian lace curtains were added to make it into an attractive feature |
| 7 | It was an important occasion because his uncle was to have initiated him into the mysteries of handling langoustines . |
| 8 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 9 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 10 | In the 1890s a serious effort was made to transform them into a rural police force . |
| 11 | I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er |
| 12 | Although happy at first with the series concept as handed to him by Donald Wilson , David Whitaker 's under-lying love for ‘ ripping yarn ’ storytelling was threatening to draw him into conflict with Newman 's wish to present educative and allegorical discussion of social issues within the show 's framework . |
| 13 | no wonder it was , me dad was trying to get her into the house and everything and she said oh well so and so 's got me key well I said I 'm not bloody phoning er their Nora |
| 14 | His belly was beginning to pull itself into painful spasms . |
| 15 | Back in 1974 , the idea was to avoid turning it into another Costa of cheap , pack-'em-in highrises , and concentrate instead on upmarket accommodation . |
| 16 | No time was lost putting them into service for the season , still in the L.U.T. livery , which was similar to Blackpool 's . |