Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 2 | Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause . |
| 3 | A heavy door swung open and a figure beckoned them into a warm lozenge of light . |
| 4 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 5 | Very light , very hurried steps , but the bare , glossy wood turned them into a muffled drum-roll . |
| 6 | A Reception lady showed me into a tiny broadcasting room full of switched-off microphones . |
| 7 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |
| 8 | In the Gulf , France 's lack of modern heavy armour pushed it into a glamorous , but marginal , job on the flank . |
| 9 | But whisky turned him into a savage bully . |
| 10 | Our questions ranged far and wide and his courtesy and patience turned them into an intriguing trail of discovery which was endlessly fascinating and richly rewarding , for he is also a natural raconteur . |
| 11 | Instead the overwrought director turned it into a bitter battle which ends with the lover , played by Sydney Pollack , savagely forcing Lysette 's character into his car . |
| 12 | The startled shopper handed it into the local police station . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The coincidental presence of the Prince of Wales in Broadstairs for a brief private visit to a friend on the same evening converted it into a two-paragraph story . |
| 15 | The proprietor led me into the windowless gloom . |
| 16 | He said his hectic work schedule led him into a downward spiral where he needed a drink to relax and help him sleep . |
| 17 | On to the Poet Laureate , Lord Tennyson and Volume I only of his Works , a book which ordinarily , as an odd volume , might well have been sold for £1 or less had not the inscription on the title turned it into a desirable association item . |
| 18 | Then , with the notion of what a girl with such a name must be like firm in her mind , she made this heroine of hers arrive somewhere and without delay put her into the first of a series of conflicts with , behind them , a gradually increasing aura of mystery . |
| 19 | Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness . |
| 20 | The guide led her into the air-conditioned jewellery shop and held out the box to a sales assistant . |
| 21 | Because the story took her into an exotic , adult world , she enjoyed it . |
| 22 | The man stuffed them into a white plastic bag and ran off . |
| 23 | The plea was heartfelt , but the tone of her voice made it into a peremptory command , and his eyes narrowed . |
| 24 | In his last years , Gresham 's fame as a magician drew him into the sordid court intrigues surrounding the divorce of Robert Devereux , third Earl of Essex [ q.v . ] . |
| 25 | I had hardly had time to consider this problem : rip P J O'Rourke off , or get dressed , before the pilot jerked us into a vertical dive ? |
| 26 | The legislation transformed it into a new central bank and introduced a new tier of commercial banks and other lending institutions . |
| 27 | As for the merits of the original illustrations as works of art , to my own taste at least the first impressions were of a certain period quality — with Wade 's occasional curvaceous nudes and sports car profiles intruded into the abstract geometries bringing memories of Victor Vasarely 's more lamentable lapses into commercial vulgarity , In the end , however , Wade 's sheer enthusiasm and invention persuaded me into a renewed fascination . |
| 28 | She could be matched to any of four performers in the floorshow ; Josie was n't sure why , but it was as if her teenager 's skin and certain odd , somehow held-back elements of her personality made her into a blank sheet onto which anything could be drawn . |
| 29 | And Price 's win lifted him into the top ten for the first time . |
| 30 | An eerie , green glow in the sky behind the tower turned it into a ghostly galleon on a leaden sea ; Claro itself , a crazy house , leaning this way and bulging that . |