Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 2 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
| 3 | Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume . |
| 4 | Patrick did n't need to be a doctor to know that his mother was drinking herself into an early grave . |
| 5 | This body was to turn itself into the Labour Party in 1906 . |
| 6 | The only option , as far as the doctor was concerned , was to get him into the local hospital where he would be well looked after and out of sight for the time being . |
| 7 | There were lots of young people working there whose main ambition was to get me into a good home . |
| 8 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 9 | All this time he was propelling me into a little room near the front door , and I was absolutely stiff with fright . |
| 10 | The rain was smashing itself into a two-foot-high mist above the roadway as Maxim pulled up outside Billy Dann 's house . |