Example sentences of "been [vb pp] into a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver , Patsy Gillespie , who was also killed , was described by the IRA as a " collaborator " for having carried out construction work for the security forces , and had been coerced into a similar operation previously at the Fort George Army base in the city . |
| 2 | With matching moves in Britain and Japan designed to galvanise their moribund monopolists , all the leading players have been propelled into a global contest . |
| 3 | Dismissing fears that her daughter might have been tricked into a fake marriage by a man determined to ruin her , Nora tried to think more positively , but her brain persistently returned to the appalling question , ‘ Why an Italian , for God 's sake ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ However , with the help of considerable capital funding from the ITI , and through a joint venture approach with Sutton Borough Council , who provided capital , land and an annual subsidy , the original concept has been developed into a working model aimed at serving as an example for other local authorities to consider . ’ |
| 6 | Made up of four 30-minute scenes , in each of which the same people say and do the same things in the same setting , Roll On Friday , it is no surprise to learn , has been developed into a five-year television series in New Zealand and Australia . |
| 7 | Kielder Water , the largest man-made reservoir in Europe , surrounded by the largest man-made forest in Europe , was opened by HM The Queen in June 1982 , and has been developed into a major water-sports centre . |
| 8 | This hierarchical data structure , initially conceived as a method of organizing and controlling three-dimensional draughting procedures , has subsequently been developed into a general engineering management system . |
| 9 | In Leicestershire , a six acre disused quarry had been developed into a large fish pond providing an attraction for anglers and the farmer with a lucrative alternate source of income . |
| 10 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
| 11 | Of recent years , the fair had been lengthened into a fortnight-long frolic called Edwardian Days , finishing two weeks before Christmas . |
| 12 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation results have been amalgamated into a proposed table of frequency allocations and use . |
| 13 | They had , especially in the hard hopeless times of the first half of the century , been fused into a homogeneous mass of the discontented and the oppressed . |
| 14 | It certainly did not mean that the two movements had been fused into a single whole . |
| 15 | It has been dropped into a black hole for the duration of the campaign at the insistence of the spin-doctors . |
| 16 | Her sleep was black and absolute , as if she had been dropped into a bottomless pit . |
| 17 | Thanks to the Prime Minister 's ban on benefit for unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds , another 21,000 youngsters have been sucked into a black hole where there is no job , no school , no training and no benefit . |
| 18 | Our reporters uncovered a generation who have been sucked into a dark underworld of solvent abuse and hard drugs . |
| 19 | Others may genuinely believe that even lengthy dreams have been compressed into a brief period . |
| 20 | It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there . |
| 21 | ( 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 ) . |
| 22 | In Vienna not even the Danube runs free , for it has been channelled into a neat canal . |
| 23 | Tight , curly perm has been shaped into a voluminous chin-length bob and enhanced with colour |
| 24 | Mary had fallen or been pushed into an open fire , more than once . |
| 25 | British Bio-technology 's laboratory products division has been incorporated into a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Bio-technology Group . |
| 26 | Apparatus to carry out such sensory measurements has been incorporated into a mobile odour laboratory capable of investigating odours on site either at the source of the odour or in the ambient air . |
| 27 | The cumulative value of transactions covered by a set of standard terms may be greatly in excess of the value of any individual conveyancing transaction and , although it may be possible to amend the terms for future transactions if problems emerge in use , once the terms have been incorporated into a particular contract , unlike a pleading , there is no chance to amend them for the purposes of that contract . |
| 28 | Later it may have been incorporated into an enormous palace compound covering a wide swath of the city |
| 29 | The former kitchen had been made into a small dining room almost entirely filled with an early Victorian table and set of six chairs which were undeniably the real thing . |
| 30 | Now it has been made into a four-part series called The Life And Times Of Henry Pratt by Granada . |