Example sentences of "[vb pp] into [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He usually bedded down on newspapers and covered himself with an old blanket which he sometimes left in the porch , ready for the next night , and sometimes took away , rolled into a long wad and tied around his stomach with string . |
| 2 | If I 'm very lucky , she thought , I might just avoid being turned into a long smear of guts and blood . |
| 3 | It had originally been a short par 4 , but had been turned into a long par 3 . |
| 4 | How could she tell this hostile man that his brother had only suggested she pretend to be his fiancée as they 'd turned into the long drive leading up to Rocamar ? |
| 5 | It has turned into the longest slump since the 1930s because real interest rates have remained punitively high , squeezing millions of home-owners who over-reached themselves in the housing boom . |
| 6 | Official figures released today prove that Britain is locked into the longest recession since the Second World War . |
| 7 | Hair was razor cut into a long bob and heavily tousled into shape . |
| 8 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 9 | Her hair , braided into a long plait which fell over one shoulder , looked dusty and lustreless . |
| 10 | The road leading through the row of cottages extended into a long stretch of open country with lanes leading off it . |
| 11 | Many species have the aperture flared , or extended into a long tube ( siphonate forms ) . |