Example sentences of "[verb] into a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle . |
| 2 | In the case of Julie Smith it will be very short and admission procedures , nursing assessment and preparation for theatre will have to be compressed into a very short space of time . |
| 3 | It can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag or box and tucked away in an odd corner till next required . |
| 4 | ‘ On finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes ’ |
| 5 | Two years later , on finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes . |
| 6 | You see we can not always help who our brothers and sisters are but we can make alliances of people on issues of liberation and freedom that goes beyond that narrow family relationship and develops into a very solid alliance that helps to change situations . |
| 7 | His craggy features dissolved into a breathtakingly attractive smile , and Robbie felt her insides give the oddest little flip . |
| 8 | The inner heartwood matures into a slightly darker golden brown . |
| 9 | It can be fused into a highly chromatic technique such as serialism . |
| 10 | As the light faded she left the office and returned to her room , where she changed into a more attractive dress and attended to her make-up . |
| 11 | It can also be rolled into a highly visible arm band . |
| 12 | The house sank into a gently decayed condition when a local architect bought it four years ago . |
| 13 | Each tribe had its own distinctive variation , which , if they were defeated in battle or amalgamated into a more powerful tribe , would often be replaced , or absorbed into their conquerors ' repertoire . |
| 14 | Influenced by balance theories , they have often tended to assume that ambivalence must be resolved into a cognitively unitary consonance ( see Billig , 1982a and Billig et al . , |
| 15 | This was hardly a welcome dowry for the investors that the government wanted to attract into a newly privatised industry . |
| 16 | By this time chartism had been dismantled ; with it went the first , and arguably last voice of mass working-class opposition to the state , and Britain entered into a relatively stable period of economic progress within a successfully reconstructed hegemony . |
| 17 | As she went she arranged her violets : " Put their feet together , dear , and the flowers will fall into a pretty natural shape , " she had been told ; not so easy to achieve when neglected violets had such short legs . |
| 18 | He will have a certain power and extensive influence , and his Queen will fall into a more supporting role . |
| 19 | According to Neale , Elizabeth had originally wished to do no more than reintroduce her father 's national church , but was pressured into a more radical programme by Protestants in the House of Commons , who insisted on the adoption of the 1552 Prayer Book . |
| 20 | After that implementation was complete the firm was forced to scale down what had grown into a moderately large development organisation , and retreated from view somewhat , concentrating on customising software , testing and consultancy . |
| 21 | Perhaps you should open your heart a little to him , honey , make him aware you 've grown into a very pretty young lady . ’ |
| 22 | You 've grown into a very beautiful young woman , Alice , and I do not like to see beauty wasted . |
| 23 | While many of these types of work categories are still very broad , what the tables ( and diagrams ) show clearly is that there is a marked contrast between subjects such as computing and engineering ( civil , electrical/electronic , mechanical ) where one type of work absorbs 70 per cent or more of the graduate output , and subjects such as English , history , biological sciences or social studies where graduates are absorbed into a fairly even plurality of occupations ; with everything in between these two extremes . |
| 24 | And this also has got to be encouraged through the schools , so that er , young er you know women , leaving school , going into career , will realise that they will be accepted into a previously male dominated industry . |
| 25 | If spots or downlights are to be inset into a very high ceiling , make sure you have the longest-lasting bulbs possible and that they are very easy to change ; otherwise you 'll be for ever climbing ladders to deal with them . |
| 26 | The bees somehow convert the soup of rotten meat they 've collected into a more or less stable paste for storage in the nest cells . |
| 27 | If , however , a rich medium is provided , then the plant will produce large leaves and many shoots , developing into a very dense bush . |
| 28 | The canal has moved into a heavily industrial area for the final two locks , Perry Barr 3rd Flight , by the second of which is an old lock cottage covered with roses , defiantly holding on in its surroundings of chimneys , water towers , barbed wire , corrugated iron and half dismantled vehicles . |
| 29 | ‘ I am sure , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ that we 'll be able to get you moved into a much higher form later on , but for the moment the Headmistress wishes you to stay where you are . ’ |
| 30 | Many have been psychologically damaged , like Yasmin , whose continuous self-injury meant that she was moved into a more punitive environment . |