Example sentences of "it [vb past] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It led into a tiny vestibule with doors on all three sides . |
| 2 | He kicked one , and it disintegrated into a white powder . |
| 3 | According to aviation officials the A-300 should have been 1,500 feet higher at the point where it crashed into a jagged mountain face . |
| 4 | Partners in the south coast firm of Hook Harris & Co , which hit the headlines two months ago when it entered into an individual voluntary arrangement with its creditors , have bought the two main practices from the joint supervisors of the IVA . |
| 5 | At the downstream end it rose into a little hump . |
| 6 | How terrible it must be for her to attend this service for Mrs Wright whose baby had survived and while the Padre was speaking the Collector accompanied his words with a silent , sympathetic prayer for Mrs Bennett : " O God , whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful , who makest nothing in vain , and lovest all that thou hast made , Comfort this thy servant whose heart is sore smitten and oppressed … " but the rest of the prayer was no longer in his mind , stolen no doubt by the foxes of despair that continued to raid his beliefs … in any case , it faded into a mournful reverie in which he sought an explanation for the death of Mrs Bennett 's child . |
| 7 | It degenerated into a three-sided football match , with blue , yellow and red-lit supporters all but waving rattles in support of their teams . |
| 8 | After two more attempts he tried the door ; it was unsecured and it opened into a little hall from which stairs led upwards . |
| 9 | The hygroscopic mixture got damp ; when the humidity went down again it caked into an intractable solid mass . |
| 10 | ‘ There is no evidence that it was a planned meeting , but it turned into a joint enterprise , ’ Mr. Booker said . |
| 11 | Oxford 's third round battle against Swansea was a great cup tie to watch … an absolute thriller … for United though it turned into a chiller … swansea went two up just after half-time … |
| 12 | It was the night the boil finally burst open and the pus of it turned into a reeking torrent that swept us apart . |
| 13 | It turned into a 15-minute rant . |
| 14 | It could have been a crushing disappointment for Tip Anderson , with the Championship staged over his home course ; instead it turned into a remarkable and spectacular success . |
| 15 | It was intended as a ‘ one off ’ but we had so much fun it turned into an annual event . ’ |
| 16 | If the labour supply is refined further to the level of labour input , which takes account of the length of the working year , then zero growth is recorded from 1951 ; and from the mid 1960s it turned into an actual decline at over 1 per cent per annum . |
| 17 | Then it rushed into a low tunnel , gathering factory and household waste on its long journey to the main flow of the beck near the town centre . |
| 18 | Then , under Mao Tse-tung 's triumphant Communists in the 1950s and 1960s , it declined into a depressing , monochromatic shell of its former self . |
| 19 | Situated on the banks of the River Ob , it developed into a great regional centre in 1584 , when the Cossack adventurer Yermak , with his band of mercenaries , crossed the Urals into Isker . |
| 20 | The nadir was reached when the Royal 600cc class went out with only 10 starters and although it developed into a tremendous race between Joey Dunlop and Ian King , there was n't the strength in depth which we have come to take for granted . |
| 21 | In the mining region of Asturias , however , it developed into a full-scale revolt involving not only UGT workers but also , in the first practical manifestation of the ‘ Workers ’ Alliance' , the CNT and the Communists . |
| 22 | Originally intending to do basic programme course it developed into a full HNC incorporating systems analysis and design as well as programming . |
| 23 | However , it developed into a full scale fracas involving a dozen players from either side . |
| 24 | Now it broke into a huge and confident smile . |
| 25 | The white , black , red face was surprised , just for a moment , then it settled into a closed mask . |
| 26 | Translating them into actual events , there could be few people who had anticipated that a British Airways Boeing 747 would suffer loss of power on all four engines for sixteen minutes when it flew into a volcanic ash cloud at 37 000 feet . |
| 27 | It dissolved into a black blindfold , a black gag . |
| 28 | Legend relates that while he was living in the mountains he brewed a hypnotic drink , and after drinking it fell into a deep sleep and dreamed strange dreams . |
| 29 | They brought their families , some of them intermarried with time-expired soldiers who chose to settle here , too , and it grew into a real , life-and-death town , where everyone had a stake sunk so deep that when the legions started to leave , the locals still could n't get out . |
| 30 | It was founded in 1873 by William Robert Roe in a modest house in the Mount Pleasant area of Derby before becoming established at Friargate where it grew into a fine school . |