Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the hotel I paid him in cash with a bonus and sent him on his way , and was in time to see Filmer 's backview receding into a dark-looking bar as I walked into the big central hall lobby . |
| 2 | One 's grant disappeared into a bottomless sea of cigarettes and beer with hardly enough left over for the books we were meant to read . |
| 3 | Roman 's mouth hardened into a straight line . |
| 4 | Guy 's mouth twisted into a wry smile , as he saw the anguished uncertainty in her eyes . |
| 5 | Julius 's mouth twisted into a disturbing smile . |
| 6 | Father Poole 's mouth compressed into a thin hard line . |
| 7 | Dora 's mouth compressed into an aggressive wedge . |
| 8 | The gold teeth disappeared as Rico 's mouth snapped into a tight straight line . |
| 9 | Georg 's mouth firmed into a thin , disapproving line . |
| 10 | HP figures it has done the same against Sun Microsystems Inc at the low end , claiming Sun 's attempt to break into the commercial market is based only on price . |
| 11 | John Prescott , the shadow transport secretary , said the announcement confirmed ‘ further delay , uncertainty and planning blight with the line 's completion pushed into the next century , not the end of the decade ’ . |
| 12 | Tom Bull-Dwyer , his unhappy skipper and six-beige faced middle managers watched as Vita 's Girl ploughed into the three other boats . |
| 13 | At the time of writing , synthetic insulin — which to the scientist is chemically identical to that secreted in the pancreas — can not be administered to diabetic people because it simply does not work ; yet pig 's insulin injected into the human body does ! |
| 14 | In 1982 , ( fifty years , after the sculptor 's death excluding the statutory ‘ war years ’ ) Rodin 's work moved into the public domain , although the Musée Rodin retained its ‘ droit moral ’ . |
| 15 | Feedback/information sharing — show how the employee 's work fits into the wider scheme of things . |
| 16 | Then the 40mph train made an unrehearsed diversion under a bridge and WHAM — Martin 's body slammed into the concrete parapet . |
| 17 | Laura 's smile turned into a wide yawn . |
| 18 | Thames Water Utilities , which handles half of Britain 's sewage dumping into the Irish and North seas , has announced plans to build two giant incinerators in east London . |
| 19 | Ministers were pleased at progress made on the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill through the previous night after the Liberal Democrats had supported the Government 's wish to sit into the small hours . |
| 20 | Six of Aberdeen 's players were named in the full and under-21 squads chosen yesterday by Scotland 's national coach , Andy Roxburgh , and Miller considered that a timely boost for the Cup-tie which sees the Premier Division club 's season condensed into a single evening . |
| 21 | The Sunday paper 's attack fed into an older battle , that between radical theatre , cinema , publishing , and the state which had been smouldering ever since Lady Chatterley six years before . |
| 22 | And the hard chill crept through her bones as her husband 's hand crept into the blonde student 's blouse and they both smiled . |
| 23 | He announced that he was making good last year 's promise to look into the knotty question of advance corporation tax , an impost which has been the subject of a crescendo of complaints from some of Britain 's biggest companies . |
| 24 | A good three-quarters of Mr Singleton 's production falls into the top two grades but he believes he can improve on that . |
| 25 | In desperation he tried heathen Trob , and the little man 's face split into a delighted grin . |
| 26 | Kim 's face broke into a wide grin , |
| 27 | The librarian 's face broke into a boyish smile . |
| 28 | Mr Saleb 's face broke into a huge grin . |
| 29 | Too late Polly realised that her words were open to a very different interpretation from the one she intended , and her heart sank as the woman 's face creased into a hard-edged cynical smile . |
| 30 | The driver 's face creased into a perplexed frown . |