Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fellow looked furtively round , licked his lips , and beckoned Corbett and Ranulf into a shadowy window recess . |
| 2 | But last night Livingstone tracked his Newton Aycliffe rival and surged into a winning lead 200 metres from the finish . |
| 3 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 4 | Once they start to hatch the emerging fry will be picked up in the parent 's mouth and deposited into a pre-dug pit , or under the edge of a rock . |
| 5 | She went into the tiny bedroom , stripped off her tights and slipped into a loose T-shirt and boxer shorts . |
| 6 | Fold the whipped cream into the custard and pour into a rigid polythene container . |
| 7 | React To Rhythm , Superreal , and Spooky are all a sophisticated hybrid of US and European influences , shot through with a dub sensibility and turned into a driving , expanded hypnodance sound . |
| 8 | Maggie glared at him but he bent again and locked the Porsche , pocketing the key and shrugging into a thick leather jacket . |
| 9 | Anthony Andrews , so often seen as the archetypal urbane Englishman , turns in a performance of immense depth and sympathy as Miller , who is accused of spying and cast into a barbarous prison camp . |
| 10 | He passed his arm over the guardrail and settled into a comfortable position . |
| 11 | If OUP are entirely satisfied with the method of text capture and with a reasonably large proportion of the machine-readable output ( say , the equivalent of one volume of OED ) , there is no reason why the first editing phase , i.e. the integration of OED and Supplement into a single work , should not be begun , assuming no other technical problems prevented this . |
| 12 | Subsequently , they carried out the investigation ‘ Maxbox ’ , which involved deciding which of the open boxes that can be made from a 12 cm x 12 cm square of paper by cutting squares from the corners and folding into a lidless cuboid ‘ held the most ’ . |
| 13 | On reaching the front , he claims , he was kneed in the groin by a policeman , dragged behind police lines and ordered into a Black Maria . |
| 14 | For example it was much easier to incorporate provision for credit accumulation and transfer into a new system , when it was being set up , then to superimpose it on an established system . |
| 15 | What had started out as a dramatic sea chase and developed into a running battle had fizzled out in a disappointing anti-climax . |
| 16 | Shake the ingredients and pour into a small goblet . |
| 17 | They expect to sell to a developer and move into a modern bungalow on 13 acres less than a mile away . |
| 18 | He started as a fast bowler and turned into a wonderful offspinner … |
| 19 | This would be prefaced by asparagus , a traditional choice for weddings in my family ; and followed by raspberries , to my mind the most exquisite of summer fruits , served either pure and simple with a little cream , or combined with redcurrants and packed into a bread-lined basin to make summer pudding . |
| 20 | Drain the cooked vegetables and put into a shallow dish . |
| 21 | He opened a small side-door and walked into a small side-hall . |
| 22 | This over-the-head version weighed only 14 oz and went into a neat little stuff sack . |
| 23 | At what point did they cease to represent family groups and turn into a coherent social group , a local bourgeoisie , or even ( as perhaps in the case of Protestant and Jewish bankers ) a more widespread network , of which family alliances form merely one aspect ? |
| 24 | You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg . |
| 25 | brings the concepts farming and spelling into a related context . |
| 26 | ‘ My lady , ’ said Hugh , catching her eye and breaking into a resigned grin , ‘ my lady , as usual , is making fun of both of us . ’ |
| 27 | He had a full bomb load , but managed to level the plane long enough for his crew to bail out , then he managed to steer it away from the town and crash into a nearby field . |
| 28 | When ready to serve , reheat the soup to boiling point and pour into a heated tureen . |
| 29 | They invest in the preparation of the site and enter into a contractual agreement to grow free range chickens for . |
| 30 | They rode almost due north , making for Birdsall Brow and facing into a gusty northwesterly breeze . |