Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb pp] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practically every device of the movies started as a special effect and became assimilated into the everyday language of film , just like metaphor in language . |
| 2 | Second , the Institute marks-to-market those same current asset investments , and has put into the Investing section ‘ Net profits on sales of current investments ’ and ‘ Increase in market value of current investments ’ . |
| 3 | Ever had a newspaper blow into your pool , which sinks to the pond floor and gets drawn into the bottom drain ? |
| 4 | He could not afford to make mistakes ; all his life he had been at pains to learn and understand how ordinary people live and had delved into the seamier side of human nature , but he was still very unworldly . |
| 5 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |