Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] into [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Kyffin Williams never intended to be a painter , he planned to go into the army but was rejected on medical grounds .
2 He was n't given too long a sentence providing he agreed to go into a clinic — you know — to be dried out and cured .
3 Thanks to a neat design , no muck got spilled into the tank when removing the filter , and it was pretty full .
4 Willie was soon forgotten , and became mixed into the group again .
5 Liverpool 's inexperience meant they got sucked into the type of game a more experienced side would never have got involved in .
6 It was blow-out , on the driver 's side , and erm , well we just lost it , the wheel was snatched out of his hand when the tyre went and the next thing we just slammed into the barrier and then got catapulted into a concrete wall ,
7 Permanently placed at Number 55 in the not-quite-so-top 100 , they are destined to be remembered as yet another band Virgin failed to encourage into the charts ( famous last words part 136 ) .
8 He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane .
9 I could not forget how the village people had hurt me when I tried to go into the house there .
10 A vast circle of storm clouds hugged the ground and rose towering into the air , so they seemed becalmed on the inside edge of a massive mauve funnel through the swirling walls of which Trent could make out , to the south , a thin line of greater darkness that he knew must be the rain forest bordering the Makaa River .
11 The crossbow bolt whirred out , nicking the hindquarters of the second dog , which turned and fled howling into the darkness .
12 The leader of the Commons , Tony Newton , promised to look into the issue .
13 The authorities promised to look into the complaints in order to defuse the situation .
14 The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive promised to look into the hold-ups .
15 The sit-in at Beishida ( shortened form of the university 's name ) caused some tension , but eventually the college principal promised to look into the matter .
16 Shoreline also have a popular variation on the castle theme ( illustrated ) designed to fit into the corner of the tank and mask an uplift ( or mask and protect a heaterstat ) .
17 In panic she stumbled backwards , twisted round and tried to run into the living room .
18 Windscale the cat stopped coming into the bedroom : lay on one of the new chairs in the living room instead .
19 All mail for despatch should be franked if a franking machine is used , or the stamps used entered into the postage book , which should be kept on the imprest system ( Fig. 6.3 ) .
20 Melot had recruited an Arab whom he proposed to send into the town to find out if the garrison had been alerted .
21 All went well until she tried to climb into a taxi after the reception at the exclusive Dorchester Club following a quiet ceremony for family and a few friends at Chelsea Register Office .
22 Last night the cricketer said the incident happened as he tried to get into a pub .
23 On the first evening the young men got drunk and tried to get into a nightclub but were refused admission .
24 Last night Mr Roseberry said : ‘ I was hit as I tried to get into the pub .
25 Policemen struggled briefly with the women as they tried to get into the embassy .
26 But when he tried to get into the maternity wing he found the doors were locked .
27 he tried to get into the house Rhys were
28 Women who tried to get into the car park without a pass this morning were allowed through the barrier , but council officials warned them that they could face disciplinary proceedings if they try again tomorrow .
29 THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash .
30 Just after the fire started , a passer-by tried to break into the building , fearing children were trapped inside .
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