Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be reasonably safe with a very long tow rope , but if there is only a shorter length of rope available the glider may overrun and smash into the back of the car , causing hundreds of pounds ' worth of damage to the glider . |
| 2 | Any small hope held out to her by circumstances , or by her lover , is as a wisp which she can spin and twist into a thread , and if she gathers enough of these her feelings tell her that she will be able to bind them into a strong rope . |
| 3 | It had , of course , gone the way of all their parties he could remember and turned into an excuse for grown-up drinking , talk , dancing and all that cuddling and kissing stuff he inescapably associated with his mother . |
| 4 | As he ran he grabbed a torch , and Tallis watched its flame bob and weave into the darkness , soon lost among the trees . |
| 5 | It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’ |
| 6 | He would stand and stare into the darkness trying to see the old ruins of Caesar 's time , but not tonight , the mist was too thick . |
| 7 | In no circumstances can you set your net on a field inhabited by any farm animals , for these can panic and run into the standing nets — not only destroying the evening 's sport but also destroying the nets . |
| 8 | I would shower and change into a dress . |
| 9 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 10 | To prevent the spread of infection by airborne droplets , people should cough and sneeze into a handkerchief , preferably a paper one which can be disposed of by burning or flushing down the toilet . |