Example sentences of "[v-ing] it into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collecting the trowel , she bent down and began stabbing it into the bigger clumps of earth to break them up . |
| 2 | Then er it it 's only gon na be a case then of knocking it into the same style for all |
| 3 | Thomas moved , knocking it into the red weed . |
| 4 | That will increase Fleet/Norstar 's assets by 40% to $47 billion , catapulting it into the top rank of American banks . |
| 5 | It is a practical issue because by taking information out of the analogue world , the ‘ real ’ world , comprehensible and palpable to human beings , and translating it into the digital world , we make it infinitely changeable . |
| 6 | " And I would so enjoy turning it into the best school of its kind in Frizingley . |
| 7 | It vapourized Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands , turning it into the many-coloured mushroom cloud , 25 miles high and 100 miles wide , which became the symbol of anxiety for mankind . |
| 8 | When the opportunity beckoned , he made his point by the simple expedient of picking up a worm and popping it into the panting youngster 's mouth . |
| 9 | For example , if there are a total of twelve children , twelve divided by four equals three so have twelve sweets on the cake around the edges and cut the cake into quarters , each with three on , before cutting it into the individual pieces . |
| 10 | Slowly his tongue traced a contour up the golden slope to the peak , sucking it into the moist warmth of his mouth . |
| 11 | Having created their masterpiece , they 're hardly going to just sit on it ( and spin ) — putting it into the Public Domain is a very cost-effective method of bringing their work to the attention of leading software development houses ( Ashley Routledge and David Saunders of Poseidon and St Dragon fame started out this way ) . |
| 12 | If the growth of administrative adjudication could not be prohibited , it was argued that it must be regularized by integrating it into the ordinary law of the land , thereby ensuring that it develops in harmony with traditional common law principles . |
| 13 | One it so build it in brick in the traditional manner , bonding it into the existing wall as you go . |
| 14 | Property shares will get a shot-in-the-arm should one of their over-geared number announce that its bankers are backing it into the New Year , rather than pulling the plug . |
| 15 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |