Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 An abandoned truck , its snout rammed into the steep bank of a cut , caused me a moment 's panic .
2 What should have been three comfy nights in a five-star hotel with en-suite jacuzzis turns into a full-blooded , mud-covered fight for survival .
3 In the model shown in Fig. 5 , it is possible that the recognition helix fits into a wide minor groove rather than a major groove as shown , but such a binding of a helix-turn-helix motif would be unprecedented .
4 However , where a decision has been made to make redundancies and employees have been informed , the contingency crystallises into an actual liability .
5 Neil Cowie goes into the second row , Billy McGinty to loose forward and skipper Dean Bell returns to centre .
6 To go into the ‘ night ’ betokens a willingness to go into the unknown .
7 Did the local fourteenth-century name Upehull develop into the sixteenth-century Upsall and the nineteenth-century Upshall ?
8 The roofs of houses drained into the internal courts , the water being collected in a cistern beneath .
9 It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables .
10 ‘ Well , none of us has got enough money to go into a high-class nursing home — at least as far as I know — so of course the wind was up all of us .
11 Do n't expect Schedule Express to go into the fine details of resource management .
12 The tufted ducks gathered into a loose raft in mid-water and eyed the intruders with disdain .
13 I would guess quite a bit of money goes into the local economy .
14 The ramifications arising from an assault by a group of white police officers on black motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3 [ see p. 38091 ] grew throughout April as the case developed into a national symbol of general police conduct and institutionalized racism .
15 With Nigel Clough withdrawn into a defensive position , Forest looked more solid at the back — even though they conceded a 12th minute Rod Wallace goal that gave Leeds fleeting hope of registering their first away win for almost 12 months .
16 Ludens , steadying Marcus 's head with one hand , his fingers plunged into the short hair , and slowly and firmly moving the very sharp instrument , felt like an acolyte performing a dangerous task , perhaps intended as a test .
17 In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue .
18 One day a subaltern got into a first-class railway carriage and found sitting there a ‘ coloured gentleman ’ .
19 Shadows merge into the snow ; the woodcut turns into a shadowy chalk drawing .
20 Robyn 's insides clenched into a tight ball .
21 He had drunk over a bottle and a half already but showed little outward sign of over-consumption , except for his accent curdling into a thicker Scots .
22 Another factor which can have quite a major bearing on your approach is whether your video is to be edited in camera , that is recorded in the final shot order , or post-production edited into a different shot order on a copy tape .
23 As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong .
24 As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong .
25 Her fingers clenched into the soft material of her flame-coloured dress , crushing the delicate fabric .
26 Soon I came to a strange place where the river divided , one part of it compressed as a hurling white torrent between steep artificial banks , the other part let into a tranquil canal that entered Galway from the countryside .
27 Petr Korda crashed into the top ten for this year with puzzled frowns asking : ‘ Petr Who ? ’
28 Within the ERM a Labour government would presumably find its freedom to launch into an unwise , inflationary spending spree greatly restricted .
29 The people of Kislev moved into the Old World from the areas east of the Worlds Edge Mountains and founded the kingdom which lies on the north eastern borders of the Empire .
30 There is increasingly a feeling that the larger the firm the better it can withstand recessionary periods and the more effectively it can compete with other firms ; and these two sentiments may succeed each other as , say , a regional grouping for mutual protection develops into a nationwide conglomerate for enhanced profits .
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