Example sentences of "[verb] it into an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This house was run down until the owner completely renovated it and redecorated inside and out , and transformed it into an impressive home |
| 2 | One of my assets in journalism , as Fred Workman told me some years later , was the habit of creating stories and features by developing an idea and then taking the necessary steps to work it into an acceptable feature . |
| 3 | That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record . |
| 4 | For MCI , the new venture will do more than transform it into an international presence . |
| 5 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 6 | Guinness Mahon , a British merchant bank 65%-owned by Bank of Yokohama , gave warning that bad debts will plunge it into an after-tax loss of £35m ( $67m ) for the six months to March 31st . |
| 7 | A back pass from player-manager Hoddle seemed to catch Hammond by surprise and the goalkeeper hit the ball straight to the feet of Posh 's Tony Adcock , who put it into an empty net . |
| 8 | The dress proved such a hit that the London company who made the original for Diana turned it into an off-the-peg line . |
| 9 | By 1737 he had begun to acquire over 200 acres of what was regarded as desolate heath-land sloping down to the River Mole near Cobham in Surrey , and he turned it into an ornamental park , Painshill Park . |
| 10 | a system is abolished only by pushing it into hyperlogic , by forcing it into an excessive practice which is equivalent to a brutal amortization … |
| 11 | The Plant committee was expected to report to the Labour Party conference in the autumn , but Mr Kinnock denied that turning it into an official government commission was a delaying tactic . |
| 12 | But when the frog leapt out from behind one of the bananas , the astonished shopper scooped it into an empty tub of margarine and , fearing it might be poisonous , rushed Freddie to Lydney police station . |
| 13 | It seems to be looking straight at me , its knuckled legs poised , tense , waiting I know for one false move from me to trigger it into an electrifying spring … straight at me . |
| 14 | I think just , if you 've got the number you can take it into an ordinary bank . |
| 15 | There were plans to turn it into an opencast mine , but now the Forestry Commission , which administers the Forest from its headquarters in Coleford , has withdrawn its permisssion for British Coal to mine there , deciding instead to start re-planting trees . |
| 16 | This was a basic Ford shooting-brake which had had the windows and roof removed to turn it into an open truck . |
| 17 | The decision to turn it into an independent corporation has been welcomed , although the government 's power to veto members less so . |
| 18 | At present , EUP is effectively a University department , and Mr Martin 's task is to transform it into an independent company , albeit one wholly owned by the University . |
| 19 | UB hopes to expand sales of Phileas Fogg in pubs and smaller retailers and turn it into an international brand , doubling sales from the present £24 million in five years . |
| 20 | Turn it into an oiled bowl , cover with a polythene bag and leave in a warm place for about an hour or until the dough has doubled in size . |
| 21 | So , what , what word do you make it into an open question ? |
| 22 | Quite apart from the deafening thunder of the falls , and the awe-inspiring sight of their dramatic descent , the effect can be sheer magic on a fine day ; as the sunlight catches the spray in flight , and transforms it into an elusive pattern of shapes and colours that suggest in painting the Impressionism of Manet or the mists of Corot , or in music , the evocative nuances of Debussy . |
| 23 | Then she lit a king-size cigarette and slipped it into an amber holder . |
| 24 | Once you have come to an agreement on an expectation , form it into an objective statement , eg , ‘ We will establish no precedent which caters mainly to the desires of one at the expense of the other ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Pièce Touchée ’ by Martin Arnold , a winner of prizes from a number of festivals including Cannes — it takes a short scene from an American B movie and manipulates it into an erotic dance to hilarious effect . |
| 26 | An artist friend once remarked : ‘ I saw this chap make something out of an ordinary piece of wood — he fashioned it into an exquisite work of art . ’ |
| 27 | The clever part is that this frame can be manipulated to make it into an irregular shape as required to match the text to the graphic . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | cost them bloody loads and then they 'll turn it into an absolute cack heap like it was before . |