Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than break their eating up into discrete meals , they typically eat more or less continuously . |
| 2 | I entirely agree with Richard Harwood that those district societies that put the effort into breaking their society down into local groups , small practitioner groups , commercial membership groups and , for that matter , any other group that seems appropriate , have seen the real benefits from this assistance in the vital area of communication and , perhaps an unseen fact , value for money for the subscription as seen through the eyes of the Institute 's membership . |
| 3 | Even though there was a sharp frost outside , couples could be seen stealing away from the dance and returning a half-hour or so later , always a little crestfallen until they had danced again , danced their way back into good cheer . |
| 4 | Their daughters now in their sixties , fifties and forties , were the post-war generations of married women who found their way back into waged work , who disrupted the equation between the breadwinner and masculinity which has been inscribed in both the wage system and in the state 's system of income support . |
| 5 | Given the link the Government has forged between the collection of data for the local tax and the registration of the very same individuals for the vote , the cost of non-payment will be the loss of the remaining political clout the underclass has with which to fight its way back into mainstream Britain . |
| 6 | Like a shark , she 'd have to keep moving to survive … and some shark , Lucy thought as she shouldered her way through into some windowless corridor which echoed with the tinny sounds of the show playback , coming through on a cheap relay speaker . |
| 7 | Her eyelids flipped open , and the world was hard-edged , dull and ugly , and so big , so big it squashed the tiny meanings out of sight but still they hovered on the borders of her mental vision and she would have dreamt her way back into that fae¨rie ether but a harsh voice slurred a saw of sound at her . |
| 8 | So you could cut it up you cut your , your circle up into ten equal pieces , cut your pizza , your pie into ten equal slices and they 'd all be thirty six degrees . |
| 9 | The way you manage to cope with all the problems that life with an elderly parent may present will depend not only upon their magnitude , or the help you receive from others , but also on your attitude towards them , and your determination to live life just a day at a time , thus breaking your stress up into smaller and more manageable ‘ sections ’ . |
| 10 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |