Example sentences of "[verb] into a [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soldiers race into a wasps ' nest , driving the occupants out . |
| 2 | The idea of making her into a museum was abandoned and instead she was turned into a Boys ' Club . |
| 3 | After some uneventful voyages over the years , and at least seven previous masters , the Orynthia seemed to have turned into a hornets ' nest . |
| 4 | Never underestimate how terrified many people are when faced with the prospect of going into a solicitors ' office . |
| 5 | In a widely publicised incident a few months later Ben , diagnosed as schizophrenic , climbed into a lions ' cage at London Zoo . |
| 6 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 7 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 8 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 9 | The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " . |
| 10 | He was appalled at the thought of turning into a pub at five-thirty for a quiet drink and finding that it had been converted into a Poets ' Pub , ‘ reverberating , like an African village , with the roll of ‘ Drake 's Drum . ’ . |
| 11 | Perhaps he had run into a pensioners ' outing . |
| 12 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |
| 13 | Yet , within a few years , the whole affair had degenerated into a foodies ' free-for-all . |
| 14 | There are , in any case , few venture capital transactions in which these issues are not debated at length prior to signing , with the agreed principles then cemented into a shareholders ' agreement . |