Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One group dismissed the Prime Minister 's offer as an attempt to co-opt him into the ruling Chart Thai party and thus disarm his independent political ambitions . |
| 2 | During the Jubilee Year the University has decided to inject some resources into the association to develop it into a larger and more effective body , to enable graduates to keep in touch with the University and each other . |
| 3 | An attempt to lull him into a false sense of security . |
| 4 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 5 | Her welding torch has been applied to an old mini to turn it into a Pink hippopotamus . |
| 6 | This is essentially a roving , stultifying , incoherent orgy of images that leads Taniguchi 's body to transform itself into a mechanical colossus . |
| 7 | And 47-year-old Peter , who models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley , reckons he has the perfect record to make him into an all-round star — Bhingi Bajee Boogy . |
| 8 | Dathan and Abiram challenge Moses on the grounds of high-handedness and his failure to bring them into the promised land ( 13–14 ) . |
| 9 | Climbing on to her back , he used the halter shank to whip her into a lumbering unaccustomed trot , as he made his way back to the stable-yard . |
| 10 | And she is using the 20th-Century surgeon 's art to turn herself into a living version of classical beauties painted by the Old Masters , from Greek goddesses to the Mona Lisa . |
| 11 | Its leader , a Colonel Seymour , was charged with committing common assault on Charles Eyres , the leader of the Croydon branch of the organization , after a dispute in which Eyres claimed that Seymour had misappropriated funds and altered the constitution to turn himself into a virtual dictator ; this led to Seymour drawing a sword and pointing an unlicensed gun at Eyres . |
| 12 | The decision to turn it into an independent corporation has been welcomed , although the government 's power to veto members less so . |
| 13 | It 's being sold with planning permission to turn it into a hundred and twenty bed hotel . |
| 14 | The brewers to whom it belonged , having ideas , like all brewers in the 1960s , of reviving the supposed jollity of the eighteenth century , had applied for permission to turn it into a fashionable beer garden . |
| 15 | SCIENTISTS on Orkney will today attempt to use sexual attraction to lead six male sperm whales to freedom by playing them female whale song to tempt them into the open sea . |
| 16 | So Swindon have a new man to lead them into the Premier League . |
| 17 | The performance of modern gliders makes it much easier and more likely for a pilot to fly himself into a potential death trap unless he uses his imagination or has already learned to have a healthy respect for the elements . |
| 18 | R4 THIS MORNING SAYS DON HOWE IS ANOTHER LIKELY CANDIDATE TO TAKE US INTO THE NEW YEAR . |
| 19 | The discount system has the potential to run us into a substantial amount of trouble and I believe that very few people will be prepared to defend it in a year or two . |
| 20 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 21 | It comes in sizes S , M , L and XL and at a cost of just £6.75 is an affordable way to thrust yourself into the very forefront of the 1990's fashion ! |
| 22 | A strategy set out in this format does not guarantee good advertising : that depends on the ability of the creative team , helped by the rest of agency account group , to produce a good idea ; on the ability of agency and client to recognize it as such : and the team 's combined ability to turn it into a real , working campaign . |
| 23 | This should not surprise us , if we remember that , even after another millennium of evolution Zeus was still credited with the ability to transform himself into an infinite number of forms : a bull , a swan , thunder and lightning , and a shower of gold . |
| 24 | He has the ability to get you into the right frame of mind , to get you mentally prepared . |
| 25 | In the other match , Jonathan Speelman claimed a time-out , taking a break in order to think himself into the right frame of mind to fight his way back into the match . |
| 26 | However , Britain struggled elsewhere with Christian Burge , fourth on the boys sailboard , the only other team member to make it into the top half of the fleet . |
| 27 | You will probably need to push or pull it to overcome a detent to move it into the macro position . |
| 28 | Will he consider bringing the Conservative party , and talking to the Scottish National party to bring it into the Scottish Constitutional Convention so that we can then have a genuine debate on which way the constitution of Scotland should go ? |