Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , it was taken up by the communications industry and developed into worldwide markets . |
| 2 | For the ground about him , with its padding of last year 's thick leaf-fall sodden and trodden into soft pulp , showed no disturbance , but lay moist , dark and flat , unmarked by any convulsions of his feet or arms , or any trampling of an assailant round him . |
| 3 | Just inside the double doors were the stairs having wide steps and divided into two by a centre well in which was a rack . |
| 4 | Whoever heard of any of them being groomed by a fashion editor and strapped into toning pinks for a photo call ? |
| 5 | Groups led by a company , such as NEC , an electronics firm , which have floated off old manufacturing subsidiaries and expanded into diverse new businesses by fostering affiliates . |
| 6 | The production has been staged in 44 countries and translated into 24 languages . |
| 7 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 8 | 2 oz ( 50g ) wholemeal bread , spread with mustard and/or Branston pickle and made into open sandwiches with 2 oz ( 50g ) ham , chicken or turkey , and topped with sliced tomatoes OR Jacket potato ( approx. 6oz [ 150g ] ) topped with 1oz ( 25g ) sweetcorn and 3oz ( 75g ) cottage cheese |
| 9 | Skin the fish , remove any bones and cut into bite-sized pieces . |
| 10 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 11 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 12 | Spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic . |
| 13 | 1 Peel all the vegetables and cut into matchstick-sized pieces , keeping the beetroot chips to one side to stop the other vegetables turning pink . |
| 14 | For such input to be possible , the speech or handwritten data must be ‘ recognised ’ by the computer and translated into digital text representation ( such as ASCII characters ) . |
| 15 | This approach was carried to its furthest extreme by the embryologist E.W. MacBride , who argued that all the different invertebrate types were degenerate offshoots from various points in the main line of vertebrate progress : ‘ It is therefore broadly speaking true ’ , he wrote , ‘ that the Invertebrates collectively represent those branches of the Vertebrate stock which , at various times , have deserted their high vocation and fallen into lowlier habits of life . ’ |
| 16 | The marchers became impatient with the slowness of their progress and spread into neighbouring streets . |
| 17 | I only know that he turned up a few hours after the accident and got into some row with the head copper . |
| 18 | The dullness she had felt in her exhaustion became a kind of sickness now , as for the second time that day she once again flew from her own body and split into two . |
| 19 | Zborowski said nothing but went into his room and changed into worn summer clothes and came out carrying his only winter suit parcelled up to take to the pawnbroker . |
| 20 | Venerated by the Greeks and Romans , educated to Apollo and formed into leafy crowns for poets and triumphant generals , sweet bay is the source of the term " bachelor " for academic honours , from the Roman bacca laureus , laurel berry . |
| 21 | The power of the sun would then be harvested by an array of silicon or gallium arsenide solar cells and then beamed back to earth by microwave and converted into low-frequency , alternating current electricity and fed into the USA 's grid . |
| 22 | Trim the shoulder of lamb of most of the fat , then remove the meat from the bone and cut into small pieces . |
| 23 | Since we wish to keep small the amount of main store occupied by the operating system , most of it is non-resident , being stored on magnetic disc or drum and brought into main store as required . |
| 24 | He hastily ordered large amounts of red ochre to be brought from Elephantine and to be ground to powder by the High Priest of Heliopolis and stirred into seven thousand jugs of beer . |
| 25 | McAllister 's stunning volley captivated millions of Match of the Day viewers and brought into sharp focus the mystery of his goal drought . |
| 26 | His consultations with Palmerston began late that month and extended into 1840 . |
| 27 | Another example comes from an interview with the chairman of the Japanese Sony organization , Akio Morita , published in an edition of Playboy magazine and translated into Brazilian Portuguese . |
| 28 | The tellers look first at who receives the first preference on each ballot paper and put into each candidate 's box every ballot paper on which he is number one . |
| 29 | The dryish curd is cut into big chunks and piled into huge tubs that are left to stand in the dairy overnight to allow the acidity and flavour to develop . |
| 30 | Is n't it time they gave up the game and settled into cosy , post-stude domesticity ? |