Example sentences of "[noun pl] had been [verb] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the large bedrooms had been turned into a nursery and it seemed to hold every conceivable toy a child could have . |
| 2 | On returning to Cyprus that spring , he found that the march of technology had continued in his absence and that all the CpFNS field offices had been hooked into a central computerized database installed by Link Systems , Ltd , a US government ‘ cut-out ’ company set up to carry out the contract for UNFDAC . |
| 3 | Within a year of Courtaulds ' takeover of the ailing business , heavy losses had been transformed into a FF3m ( £375,000 ) profit . |
| 4 | A final decision about segmentation would not be made until at least some words had been integrated into a higher level . |
| 5 | ( Whereas 62 per cent of council elementary schools had been reorganized into a junior/senior pattern , only 16 per cent of the voluntary provision had been so reshaped ) . |
| 6 | Anger began to grow , fuelled by the possibility that because certain extremists seemed to go out of their way to look for signs of Satan in every aspect of everyday life , people living quiet , caring family lives had been put into a state of terror and agony . |
| 7 | It certainly did not mean that the two movements had been fused into a single whole . |
| 8 | The inside of two large lorries had been converted into a special effects roadshow that allows visitors to get the sound , sight , taste , smell and feel of Guinness — and win prizes as they go . |
| 9 | Wednesday afternoon games had been absorbed into a five-day teaching week , with School matches , music , and other activities ( including detention ) on Saturday morning . |
| 10 | Down below on the forecourt the tub flowers had been flattened into a sodden pink mush . |
| 11 | Once TOPIC and SEAQ screens had been introduced into a firm , the dealer could check what approximate price he ought to be getting , to be varied by what the firm took off or added to quote its price " net " of commission . |
| 12 | Finally the coffee was steaming in its pot , as hot as good coffee should be ; the cream had been fetched from its place on the cold stone slab in the pantry and poured into its jug , sugar cubes had been decanted into a tiny flowered porcelain bowl which matched the pot and the jug , together with a matching cup and saucer . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , ’ said Edwin Pettigrew to Mark , ‘ our Roman Catholic friends are being whisked through all the formalities , and Mark saw that the priests had been gathered into a little group under the leadership of a jolly-looking , curly-haired Irishman with a strong brogue . |