Example sentences of "be [verb] up into a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The staff and students are quickly getting to know each other and are shaping up into a hardworking and enthusiastic team . |
2 | Now employing two people , this is the only one-stop bike shop in the area and has been built up into a thriving business as people have become more aware of the need for a healthy lifestyle . |
3 | He also rejected the radical free market view , which proposed that each part of the electricity industry ( generation , transmission and distribution ) should be broken up into a large number of competing companies . |
4 | Tables can be used as desks ; end tables can be used for dining ; chairs can fold up and be hung from large colourful hooks , or be stacked up into a tiny space ; armchairs can become spare single beds ; well thought-out storage will take care of clothing , books , files and china . |
5 | Epidermal cells have been thrown up into a small mound at the site of closure . |
6 | But again the songs ( whose content Comrade Wong resolutely translated for us in stage-whispers throughout ) harped on the great achievements of Mao , Chou and Hua , the last of whom seems to be being built up into a great leader matching his predecessors in stature . |
7 | And then , as the escalator carried him up into the main concourse of the station , they 'd have seen the spark returning almost like the glow of a neon tube being borne up into a powerful field of energy . |
8 | Later study will fill in the spaces with key words of lesser rank , until the whole topic is built up into a coherent and connected body of knowledge . |
9 | For extra style it is swept up into a French Pleat . |
10 | As the egg is divided up into a large number of cells , a group of cells at one end come to contain this special pole plasm . |