Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] into [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reading activities develop into individual reading sessions with the teacher , into private reading , and into reading for information ( in order to understand something , to do something , or to write something ) . |
| 2 | The reader begins by being faintly amused at their sheer improbability ; but after a time the response turns into pained embarrassment . |
| 3 | The 6ft carpet snake crept into Calan Lavender 's bed , wrapped its body around him and plunged in its fangs . |
| 4 | Her studies were interrupted by the opportunity to go into local politics , from which she has never looked back . |
| 5 | Though an experienced skier , Pat and her friends had got caught in a blizzard and were making their way to shelter when Pat 's skis plunged into deep snow . |
| 6 | Henry takes the stage in a f—ed -up black T-shirt tucked into f—ed -up shorts atop hideous Essex Man/Cliff-from- Cheers white socks and rolls straight into a monologue about posing for a high fashion magazine dressed like a regurgitated dog 's brunch . |
| 7 | And in her heart she allowed hope to blossom into fragile life again . |
| 8 | She was wearing a Ralph Lauren silk shirt tucked into tight leather jeans and a Hermes belt ; she caught the attention , whether she wished to or not . |
| 9 | The result is that , by and large , the fiscal has to take the case as the police have presented it ; he does not seize the opportunity to come into direct contact with the investigation and has little chance of finding out what the police have ignored . |
| 10 | Loads program into upper memory area . |
| 11 | In 1937 Sino-Japanese friction erupted into full-scale war , but even this failed to rally much more than token support for China in the West . |
| 12 | your employee goes into legal custody |
| 13 | The managerialist initiatives described above represent an attempt to implant into central government selected managerial practices and cultural attitudes derived from the private sector . |
| 14 | The guidelines introduce into local planning the concept of protecting the environment through sustainable development . |
| 15 | He blinked , glanced her way , and then blinked again , his eyes sharpening into sudden focus . |
| 16 | As the car moved into top gear , Julie turned to the still tense Barney . |
| 17 | Next the murdering puffs of explosive charge and ragged steel fragments dissolved into weak smoke and the plane was butting through the piece of sky which , seconds before , had been laced with violence ; and meanwhile , other shell bursts erupted just as unpredictably ahead , and behind , and below . |
| 18 | However sophisticated the safety designs incorporated into nuclear power stations , they can not overcome the human fallibility which can occur . |
| 19 | Meanwhile " the multitude " or " the mob " — this latter term came into common use at this period — were explicitly excluded from orthodox definitions of " the people " . |
| 20 | BOWATER 'S expansion programme moved into top gear yesterday with the $434 million ( nearly £300 million ) acquisition of the US-based Speciality Coatings International . |
| 21 | They are then retained on the sail by tape made into double thickness tags . |
| 22 | The Swiss government agreed in September to help recover funds transferred into Swiss bank accounts by successive governments under former President Moussa Traoré ; Swiss authorities estimated the funds to amount to US$1,000 million . |
| 23 | ‘ Where have you brought me ? ’ she demanded accusingly , her high heels sinking into thick carpeting . |
| 24 | The almonds moved into top gear , as did the sallows , the male trees now great bushes of bright gold , and a sycamore by the main road between Birdworld and Forest Lodge at Holt Pound has spread its leaves . |
| 25 | This major administrative reorganization threw into sharp focus the acute difficulties surrounding the management and financing of Advanced Further Education as a whole , not least the role of the local education authorities in the government of polytechnics and other colleges . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the pace of adjustment in trade imbalances slowed in the second half of last year as the impact of the dollar 's depreciation started to taper off and Japan 's capital-goods exporters got into top gear . |
| 27 | One explanation is that he wanted to keep open an option should the pound run into fresh trouble , as well it may . |
| 28 | If Batty is missing , Wilkinson will either bring in David Rocastle or Eric Cantona , with Gary Speed moving into central midfield . |
| 29 | Charities have already threatened to withdraw millions of pounds in top-up payments for new clients moving into residential care . |
| 30 | As Ashley picked it up , her anxieties leapt into sudden life . |