Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [pron] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were lots of young people working there whose main ambition was to get me into a good home . |
| 2 | The rain was smashing itself into a two-foot-high mist above the roadway as Maxim pulled up outside Billy Dann 's house . |
| 3 | Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume . |
| 4 | One of the worst proposals put forward for the church was to turn it into a hamburger joint , run by the restaurant chain , Garfunkels : hardly a use compatible with the dignity of a historic church . |
| 5 | I mean , we told you that he was planning what he called a tactful chat with the main protagonists , but I thought the idea was to lull them into a sense of false security . |
| 6 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |