Example sentences of "who [vb past] into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A GUNMAN who fled into a public loo after a bungled raid in Ashbourne , Derbys , was arrested when the attendant locked him in . |
| 2 | A family who moved into a derelict house thirty years ago have been told they must move out so it can be demolished . |
| 3 | The packaging of information related to a particular referent can , in the written language , be very concentrated , as in the following news item : A man who turned into a human torch ten days ago after snoozing in his locked car while smoking his pipe has died in hospital . |
| 4 | A YOUTH of 15 who broke into a young mother 's house in the middle of the night and subjected her to a two-hour rape ordeal while her children slept was yesterday given a life sentence . |
| 5 | A BUMBLING thieves who broke into a medical electronics company in Milton Keynes , Bucks , made a surprising haul — a computer that speaks only in Japanese . |
| 6 | They are also trying to trace thieves who broke into an elderly woman 's house in Pendleton Road where they stole her pension book and her video recorder . |
| 7 | Three peace campaigners who broke into an American airbase and painted anti-war slogans on a B Fifty Two bomber have been ordered to pay sixteen hundred pounds in fines and costs . |
| 8 | VANDALS who broke into an Orange hall outside Armagh over the weekend damaged a large drum , smashed three windows and ransacked the interior . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps an astronaut who fell into a black hole would be able to make money at roulette by remembering where the ball went before he placed his bet . |
| 10 | In real time , an astronaut who fell into a black hole would come to a sticky end . |
| 11 | So perhaps an astronaut who fell into a black hole would be able to make money at roulette by remembering where the ball went before he placed his bet . |
| 12 | It was the visitors who went into an early lead when Plumb took advantage of a defensive error to slip the ball past Gribben in the 20th minute . |
| 13 | The man who listened into an alleged conversation between the Princess of Wales and a male friend says only parts of his tape have been made public , and that far more damaging sections may soon be revealed . |
| 14 | A FORMER Marine commando of 73 beat off a masked raider armed , masked raider who burst into an elderly woman 's home . |