Example sentences of "it [vb past] into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It led into a tiny vestibule with doors on all three sides .
2 He kicked one , and it disintegrated into a white powder .
3 According to aviation officials the A-300 should have been 1,500 feet higher at the point where it crashed into a jagged mountain face .
4 At the downstream end it rose into a little hump .
5 How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child .
6 It degenerated into a three-sided football match , with blue , yellow and red-lit supporters all but waving rattles in support of their teams .
7 After two more attempts he tried the door ; it was unsecured and it opened into a little hall from which stairs led upwards .
8 ‘ There is no evidence that it was a planned meeting , but it turned into a joint enterprise , ’ Mr. Booker said .
9 It was the night the boil finally burst open and the pus of it turned into a reeking torrent that swept us apart .
10 It turned into a 15-minute rant .
11 It was intended as a ‘ one off ’ but we had so much fun it turned into an annual event . ’
12 If the labour supply is refined further to the level of labour input , which takes account of the length of the working year , then zero growth is recorded from 1951 ; and from the mid 1960s it turned into an actual decline at over 1 per cent per annum .
13 Then it rushed into a low tunnel , gathering factory and household waste on its long journey to the main flow of the beck near the town centre .
14 The nadir was reached when the Royal 600cc class went out with only 10 starters and although it developed into a tremendous race between Joey Dunlop and Ian King , there was n't the strength in depth which we have come to take for granted .
15 In the mining region of Asturias , however , it developed into a full-scale revolt involving not only UGT workers but also , in the first practical manifestation of the ‘ Workers ’ Alliance' , the CNT and the Communists .
16 However , it developed into a full scale fracas involving a dozen players from either side .
17 The white , black , red face was surprised , just for a moment , then it settled into a closed mask .
18 Translating them into actual events , there could be few people who had anticipated that a British Airways Boeing 747 would suffer loss of power on all four engines for sixteen minutes when it flew into a volcanic ash cloud at 37 000 feet .
19 It dissolved into a black blindfold , a black gag .
20 Legend relates that while he was living in the mountains he brewed a hypnotic drink , and after drinking it fell into a deep sleep and dreamed strange dreams .
21 It was founded in 1873 by William Robert Roe in a modest house in the Mount Pleasant area of Derby before becoming established at Friargate where it grew into a fine school .
22 I thought that if it went into a joint account , I had to pay tax on half of three four four five .
23 it went into a steady decline , with the air war becoming more and more of a straight contest between the British and the Germans .
24 From 1987/8 this money returns to the Treasury ( formerly it went into a national pool for recycling to authorities ) .
25 The economy did not appreciate being forced up-market ; it went into a brief recession .
26 When for a moment it floated into a clear patch of the sky , it turned to silver the branches and few tenacious leaves of the tree against which they now leaned .
27 Then , tiny in the sky , it burst into a black cloud and was gone .
28 It backed into an empty bay , and shot forward and up the ramp again .
29 True dawn came as a dirty yellow streak in the east that slowly lost its colour as it spread into a cold grey , filled with racing clouds .
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