Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [pn reflx] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In less than three years after his demob from the self-indulgent pastures of the peacetime RAF , Richard Burton turned himself into a great young classical actor — the heir and very apparent to Gielgud and Olivier ; and Hollywood was on the line , fishing for a new star . |
| 2 | Corbett Farraday let himself into the moderately imposing Edwardian villa which he shared with his mother . |
| 3 | It is only human of Mr Teicher to make himself into the hero-victim of his own narrative . |
| 4 | When Rory Collins let himself into the bungalow , his mother was still up . |
| 5 | President Ford threw himself into an extensive programme of consultation with members of congress on behalf of his new policy , but his performance in this acid test of presidential leadership was unimpressive . |
| 6 | FORMER town crier Mike Chittenden turned himself into a human fireball outside the office of his former girlfriend . |
| 7 | Unable to breakout of the academic circuit in the UK , the US arm manoeuvred itself into the military market , mopping up defence supercomputing contracts . |