Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] it into [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For instance , if that 's an overseer 's house and you extend the town and want to turn it into two labourers ’ houses , all you do is add a w.c. upstairs , change the stair entry , and remove the coloured-tile decoration from the balcony and cornice . ’
2 I want to get it into brilliant condition first .
3 But as she reached for it , tried to bring it into sharper focus , it was gone .
4 They were given some money , and told to divide it into two accounts , one ‘ private ’ , one ‘ public ’ .
5 Historical knowledge is in the end indivisible , even if the multiplication of specialisms seem to subdivide it into separate spheres .
6 We discussed how we are going to divide it into two .
7 trip and if you 're not going to divide it into three .
8 Th th the the advancement on the exercise is to make them one sentence by using , yes , you could use a conjunction if you were going to make it into one sentence .
9 Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order .
10 When we have one of those we shall have to chop it into little bits to eat wo n't we ?
11 ( And even if the political will did exist , he doubted whether the institutions which would have to translate it into collective action were strong enough to do so . )
12 You 'd have to cut it into twelfths .
13 It still retains all its working parts and would require only minimum repairs to put it into full working order .
14 Accordingly the lenders got their security , and leave to turn it into good cash if no other cash redeemed it in time .
15 we had to split it into two .
16 What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ?
17 Two Scots with Cambridge connections took up Faraday 's work at last , trying to put it into mathematical form rather than to fit the discoveries into an existing theory ; and through their work came the great flowering of classical physics .
18 In this respect Nigeria may be the key reference point , because its enormous population of more than 100 million will continue to force it into constitutional experiments , because its press has seldom been effectively muzzled , and because its leaders have never acquired the absolute power of many neighbouring heads of state .
19 We wanted to split it into three ,
20 We do not have that in Britain and we need to build it into any changes .
21 The action has played a strong part in industrial safety but attempts to introduce it into other areas have been less successful .
22 From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use .
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