Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Something tells me you may bump into a little politics on the way . ’ |
| 2 | If we decide that this traditional strophic form does not suit our needs , we have the more difficult alternative of a looser form , in which the words are given more importance , while the music , intensifying their meaning and emotion , may fall into a supporting role . |
| 3 | He thought that fascism was played out in England and that the IFL should merge into a new organization that he planned called the ‘ National Union of British Workmen ’ . |
| 4 | He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town . |
| 5 | A housewife soul must metamorphose into a full-blown housewife . |
| 6 | All the work in this approach must go into a persuasive account of what it is for reasons to be conclusive . |
| 7 | But whatever happens , you must get into a good position for the start of the base leg . |
| 8 | But Familymakers believes with proper emotional support most of them could and should settle into a new family . |
| 9 | It is , of course , pathetic that a man who used to be a raging republican should turn into a slavering royal poodle , just as it is sad that his economic and political principles should have become as unrecognisable as the Welsh rugby team . |
| 10 | It may grow into a noble sympathy , self-sacrifice … and joy … |
| 11 | There were some Gaullists , like Brossolette , who hoped , in light of the apparent ideological convergence between the General and the Resistance in 1942 – 43 , that Gaullism might evolve into a permanent political movement , a broad progressive " rally " ( " rassemblement " ) to replace the discredited political parties of the Third Republic . |
| 12 | There may follow a period of spontaneous singing in tongues by the congregation , after which the whole assembly might lapse into a profound corporate silence and a still waiting upon God . |
| 13 | Inter-related courses might fit into a modular plan . |
| 14 | Eventually , if you continue to stubbornly ignore the message , the whispers might develop into a loud ‘ shout ’ , such as bowel cancer : the same message again , several years on . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 16 | You can see er , at the top , of course the profits were down but nonetheless er , I think quite encouragingly , we have higher operational cash flow and I 'll go into a little detail of that later . |
| 17 | I 'll walk into a French bank and say can I exchange these back to sterling and they 'll say oh yes and then charge me five hundred fucking francs again or whatever it is. no five nines , nine eighteen twenty seven thirty six forty five francs . |
| 18 | Having accounted for how action types might acquire conventional but unstructured meanings , he advances straightaway to a discussion of how one might come into an alien community and find evidence that their linguistic interactions are structured ( syntactically and semantically ) . |
| 19 | You mean you might get into a good habit ? |
| 20 | The latest raid , following a day in which Pakistani UN soldiers shot dead at least 2O demonstrators , suggested that the UN peacekeeping operation might degenerate into an undeclared war against Somalia 's gunmen . |
| 21 | As a member of the Secret Committee of 1857 Rostovtsev had given no indication that he might turn into a keen reformer . |
| 22 | Sometimes a cake may be sent to school for the children to share ; sharing a cake for a large group of children would not be done by the children themselves , though it might turn into a spontaneous counting activity . |
| 23 | Kate 's M in particular gets v. waspish on the subject , assumes that this will be the end of Kate 's career , she 'll turn into a huge cow and smell of milk . |
| 24 | He 'll dive into a prolonged fit of the sulks again . |
| 25 | As Hyman ( 1984 , p.156 ) puts it , it is hardly surprising ‘ that those who exercise managerial authority typically resent this limitation on their autonomy , and are sometimes haunted by the fear that strikes may escalate into an explicit challenge to the minority control of industry , . |
| 26 | One might speculate that one could jump into a black hole in one place and come out of a white hole in another . |
| 27 | Her mood could escalate into a screaming rage almost without warning , and for that , too , he was responsible . |
| 28 | Uzbekistan 's President , Islam Karimov , on June 8 decreed a state of emergency in districts in Uzbekistan 's Andizhan oblast bordering Osh oblast , and warned that the Osh violence could escalate into a full-scale inter-republican armed conflict . |
| 29 | Either you should ask your spouse to enter into the covenant or you could enter into a Joint Deed of Covenant signed by both you and your spouse . |
| 30 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |