Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] into some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet statistics were terribly messy and scattered all over the place but Davies and Barker finally succeeded in teasing them out and knocking them into some sort of shape . |
| 2 | Your parents nag you and bribe you ( they call it loving you ) and bash you into some sort of shape that suits them . |
| 3 | ‘ He was a black Jew ; the Church has turned him into some kind of Barbie doll . ’ |
| 4 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |
| 5 | Instinctively she ran a hand through her dishevelled hair , smoothing it into some kind of order . |
| 6 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 7 | A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism : |
| 8 | ‘ I would have written sooner , but I was afraid of getting you into some trouble . |
| 9 | The training , however high-level , is converted into higher education only when the student is able to form an independent evaluation of what he or she has learned or mastered , is able to put it into some kind of perspective , and is able to see not only its strengths but also its limitations . |
| 10 | To put it into some form of perspective it is perhaps worth reviewing the whole issue of how fonts get displayed on a computer screen and why the method chosen to display them has become so important . |
| 11 | She scoops up the rest of the cakes , shoves them into some recess within her tatters , rushes out of the cubicle and disappears into the crowd . |
| 12 | Many other permutations were possible but the future of the house did cause worry , There was even a rumour that the local authority was to acquire it and turn it into some kind of museum . |
| 13 | Knowledge Adventure is very good at throwing out nuggets of information , and placing them into some sort of context . |
| 14 | ( I learned later that she had thought I had put her into some kind of charitable institution — a sort of workhouse . |
| 15 | But whatever our idea may be we must put it into some perspective . |
| 16 | And therefore your brain was trying to naturally put it into some context but it did n't go into any context so it was difficult |
| 17 | I hope , heaven help me , to bring them into some sort of design and architecture later . |
| 18 | I 'll push you into some sort of position where I can overtake and then tow you to a garage . ’ |
| 19 | On the plus side , if she saw Eleanor alive and well it might frighten her into some sort of submission . |