Example sentences of "[to-vb] it into an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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opencast mine , but now the Forestry Commission , which administers the Forest from its headquarters in Coleford , has withdrawn its permisssion for British Coal to mine there , deciding instead to start re-planting trees . |
| 4 | This was a basic Ford shooting-brake which had had the windows and roof removed to turn it into an open truck . |
| 5 | The decision to turn it into an independent corporation has been welcomed , although the government 's power to veto members less so . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |