Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] into [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Cambridge Arts Dick Whittington , La Donn' E Mobile was pressed into service for a song about cooking by Graham James as Sarah the Cook , a delightful dame smack in the Dan Leno tradition . |
| 2 | One is left wondering whether it was a dream or one really had been listening to a man whose clothes and surroundings were obviously of little importance but who knew more Latin and Greek than one ever had , could quote the classics and poetry , would have one lost in the depths of philosophy , someone who was probably in a Gaelic world of his own and was translating into English for the benefit of his listener although the learning had largely been gathered in that language . |
| 3 | To add to Darlington 's problems , centre Steve Ellis was injured in the second half and club skipper Mark Layfield was called into action for the first time in two months following injury . |
| 4 | Murray moved to clinch a quick deal on his return journey from West Bromwich yesterday morning after leading scorer Paul Baker was rushed into hospital for a hernia operation . |
| 5 | Durie was rushed into hospital for the operation within hours of the Tottenham party — minus Durie — returning from Wednesday night 's friendly against Lazio in Rome . |
| 6 | The Old Maltings , disused since 1967 , are two-storey buildings of the traditional type , in which barley was converted into malt for the brewing of ale . |
| 7 | Later , months later when I was taken into town for the first time since The Bomber , I wanted to put some flowers on her grave . |
| 8 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |