Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] into the [adj -est] " in BNC.

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1 When the mayor of Nablus , Zafir al Masri , was assassinated in March 1986 , his funeral turned into the largest pro-PLO demonstration the territories had seen for years .
2 As it was no longer raining they had not taken shelter in any of the caves , but after a time the thin man out of sheer restlessness looked into the nearest and came out carrying a sack .
3 As the weather was so bad — over Normandy conditions deteriorated into the worst storms for forty years — the likelihood of Luftwaffe fighters being up seems remote ; but of course the hazard of anti-aircraft fire was omnipresent .
4 The cake is ready when a skewer inserted into the deepest part comes out cleanly .
5 He slammed into the bathroom and Claudia jumped into the nearest bed and pulled the covers under her chin .
6 Aunt Lilian and Aunt Kit walked into the nearest shop whenever their clothes became too shabby and bought the first thing that fitted them ; if they debated , it would only be about a garment 's staying power .
7 And in the nineteen thirties America went into the worst economic depression it 's ever seen and the state governments were literally overwhelmed by the economic hardship and the economic problems and the federal government came galloping to the rescue .
8 Clarissa gasped and Charity collapsed into the nearest armchair as if stunned .
9 She could n't stop the tears of happiness that slid from her closed eyes , as her body , still quiveringly alive , shuddered gently to a stop ; over-excited nerves twitched into the deepest peace she 'd ever known .
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