Example sentences of "[vb pp] into [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In actual fact my walking stick and gloves are ( I am almost too ashamed to admit ) an elaborate affectation which has by degrees grown into such a habit that I find it difficult , if not impossible , to lay them aside . |
| 2 | His job had turned into such a jest over the last few weeks that the thought of putting on his uniform , that humiliatingly naval-looking , obviously non-sea-going uniform , made him stiff with bashfulness . |
| 3 | Although Spacks is mainly concerned with fiction , in Leapor 's poetry a reader is often drawn into such a relationship with the poet , and into the privileged society of her closest friends . |
| 4 | No one really sensible would have got into such a mess in Other world — letting the panic take over and not even trying to think straight . |
| 5 | And it is just as horrifying an idea to contemplate being walled into such a Paradise Garden as being condemned to spend eternity playing games with balloons which never burst , receiving presents from Santa without wondering how they were paid for , being organised into teams with leaders chosen arbitrarily from among us , or eating a permanent celestial buffet of ice cream and salmon sandwiches . |
| 6 | He went on to say that if energy was then introduced into such a system , these shape-specific groups of water polymers could be stabilized and could join together to form long chains of water polymers which would retain the original solute imprint and shape specificity . |
| 7 | In a really good metaphor , according to Winisatt ( 1958 : 149 ) , ‘ two clearly and substantially named objects … are brought into such a context that they face each other with fullest relevance and illumination … ’ . |
| 8 | Moreover , Sir Ralph had been a soldier and Geoffrey was not , at first glance , the sort of man likely to be welcomed into such a family . |
| 9 | ‘ Aycliffe , this is no indigent genteel girl , forced into such a life by poverty ! |
| 10 | Compact-initiated activities should be fitted into such a schedule . |