Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might even be possible to scare him into silence , although when he was brought to Owen 's office in the early hours of the morning that did not seem very likely . |
| 2 | Different recognisers have different areas of strength and weakness , so it may be possible to combine them into one system . |
| 3 | According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . |
| 4 | In order to damp down monarchist hopes that it might now be possible to pressure him into resigning , Franco wrote to Don Juan on 2 December 1954 , telling him that power would not be transferred in Franco 's lifetime and that his successor would be bound by the guiding principles of the regime set up in 1939 . |
| 5 | Could he be afraid to put them into words ? |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure Feargal would be delighted to run you into Dublin , ’ Ellie agreed with a teasing smile . |
| 7 | It is believed , however , that some early igneous rocks , which had to solidify from a molten state , are proof that some atmospheric gases ( such as carbon dioxide , nitrogen and water vapour ) had to be present to turn them into something approaching earthlike rocks and clays by a primitive ‘ weathering ’ process . |
| 8 | If your list of suspect foods is very extensive , it may be better to split them into two groups and try eliminating each group in turn . |
| 9 | Kate thinks it might be good to turn it into a sort of commune . ’ |
| 10 | To understand the internal dynamic of debate , change and tension within Catholic history in this period , it may be helpful to divide it into three parts . |
| 11 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 12 | I felt a little shy : all those things we had written — would I be able to translate them into physical action , into real , spoken words ? |
| 13 | I suspect that if we were to take a sensate tension structure such as the love-hate paradox that lies at the heart of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet theme , we would be able to transpose it into different forms each appropriate to a particular culture , and , provided we had the necessary skill of course , we would be able to do this for all cultures in the world . |
| 14 | ‘ Did Sally say you might be able to squeeze me into your car ? ’ she asked , fluttering her eyelashes . |
| 15 | Soon a video of this execution may well be available and people will be able to pop it into their video machines every time they feel the need to have ‘ justice seen to be done ’ . |
| 16 | Now in order to make a prediction of what say what 's going to happen this year I would have to know the state of the system of the ocean and the atmosphere on January first and in order to do that in an ideal world I would have a tremendous amount of data about the ocean and about the atmosphere and be able to put it into this model but this data , by and large , does n't exist . |
| 17 | Most importantly , when you meet work colleagues and friends , your springy step must be able to bluff them into believing that you could have managed two laps of the course . |
| 18 | To be able to change them into different fractions . |
| 19 | The F-15 is capable of dealing with all foreseeable large threats for some time ; and if a new Russian regime started to develop a better fighter , America would still be able to beat it into large-scale production of an improved version of the YF-22 . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I might be able to work it into London . |
| 21 | Any small hope held out to her by circumstances , or by her lover , is as a wisp which she can spin and twist into a thread , and if she gathers enough of these her feelings tell her that she will be able to bind them into a strong rope . |
| 22 | Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ? |
| 23 | Unless this export form is well devised , ‘ member states may be unable to put it into practice accurately and with the efficiency that the art trade rightly expects ’ , as Patricia Rawlings , a British Member of the European Parliament , said during the debate . |
| 24 | Just seeing an advertisement for cake or chocolates in a magazine or on television will be enough to push you into the kitchen and straight into the biscuit tin . |
| 25 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 26 | Would it be best to pull them into the alley ? |
| 27 | And if people and pupils do not fit the stereotypic formula , we will , I hope , be disinclined to maim them into conformity , but to adjust the dimensions of the bed to accommodate them . |
| 28 | The stones seemed not to weigh the room towards the earth but to be ready to lift it into the sky . |
| 29 | With a little bit of orchestration , and the application of a few time-tested psychic tricks , I will soon be ready to steer her into a shocking spur-of-the-moment theological and sexual conversion . |