Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment , the tangle of small brass bells and strips of red and white cloth hanging from the roof were illuminated , then they were plunged back into darkness . |
| 2 | Wolves were pressed back into defence , as Oxford went for an all out attack . |
| 3 | The year was 1956 and teenagers were hatching out into fashion peacocks , no longer content to follow blindly in the footsteps of their sober-suited parents . |
| 4 | The crude tanks were brought back into service early last month . |
| 5 | The separate populations would first constitute mere varieties of the original species , but as the modifications accumulated they would eventually become distinct species in their own right , unable to interbreed with the parent form even if they were brought back into contact with it . |
| 6 | Fortunately , most of the essays in Make It New were brought back into print in 1954 , when Eliot edited Literary Essays of Ezra Pound . |
| 7 | A few yards of the old Whitehorse Road line were brought back into use and a crossover installed at Talbot Road , so that cars could stand clear of the busy road junction , as from 17 November . |
| 8 | Because they were overthrown and the others were taken off into captivity into battle life , and what a life they had , the one of slavery , so at that time because they took no note , because they were destiny instructions to Jehovah for his word and again want to see , they had eyes , but they just did n't want to see it they knew , all the whys and wherefores and what the responsibilities were , but they did n't measure up to them and because of that many of them lost their lives , and if they did n't they were taken into captivity , Jeremiah four , in verse twenty two , again another prophecy sent to them exactly over the same message , the same reasons describes to them as being a , er people that is foolish and of me they have taken no notice Jeremiah four and verse twenty two . |
| 9 | Coleman was blamed for reducing the period of three years as originally fixed for the course of instruction in Vial 's time , to as little as three or four months , so that some men were sent out into practice at 19 , 18 , or even 17 years of age ( as a contrary example , Coleman 's nephew , E.C . |
| 10 | The techniques of the coffee table brigade were seeping through into academia , which was no bad thing . |
| 11 | Abruptly the dream finished and she was plunged back into reality . |
| 12 | Her face was plunged back into shadow . |
| 13 | The war had required a high degree of economic planning , much of which was carried over into peacetime . |
| 14 | Much of the cloth was made up into clothing . |
| 15 | So when Bryan Robson failed a fitness test , opening the way for Cantona 's full debut , it was McClair who was pushed back into midfield . |
| 16 | The gag was tugged back into place , cutting off Connelly 's exhortations for mercy . |
| 17 | The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area . |
| 18 | She was flung up into madness , as she rode the whirlwind . |
| 19 | ‘ Urine burns , ’ she pronounced ; and soon Dorothy Two was taken off into care . |
| 20 | ‘ An RAF Dakota which had crash-landed in Holland and was put back into service . |
| 21 | The profits of the news business were never substantial and much was ploughed back into expansion . |
| 22 | If the money was ploughed back into dog racing — horse racing enjoys a £40million levy — tracks could improve amenities and strengthen security which would encourage more people to go to the dogs . |
| 23 | That that 's right yes it was yeah and the airfield was divided up into football pitches and such like but er |