Example sentences of "was [verb] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reception area was plunged into a blue-black relief . |
| 2 | He was plunged into the commercial side of the business , first as deputy regional sales manager for ICI 's Southern Region and later — in 1963 — as commercial director of the Plastics Division . |
| 3 | Finally , he is drawn to the essence of Muir 's genius which he sees as that of ‘ the sensibility of the remote islander ’ , and the words that follow give one final transformation of the savage and city motif , when he describes Muir as ‘ the boy from a simple primitive offshore community who then was plunged into the sordid horror of industrialism in Glasgow , who struggled to understand the modern world of the metropolis in London … |
| 4 | Simmons was struggling into a black gown . |
| 5 | He was inexperienced and little known before he was propelled into the highest office by his friends ' ambition for him and by the deadlock between Long and Chamberlain in 1911 . |
| 6 | This growth was to continue into the 20th century ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 7 | He had uncovered his face ; the field was fallen into a curious quietness about them , as though they were alone . |
| 8 | These were very much in the tradition of the older polyphonic laudi , but before long imitation and chromaticism appeared in Oratorian laudi and by the end of the century an element of dramatic dialogue which was to flower into the full-blown ‘ oratorio ’ . |
| 9 | The Jessop Hospital for Women sucked me in and I was tucked into a dimmed ward containing three others — two delivered , one about to , by the sound of things . |
| 10 | There was no tie , but a dark red silk scarf was tucked into the open neck of the shirt . |
| 11 | He swung into a vacant parking space at that moment , right in front of the café that was tucked into an out-of-the-way corner of the city 's central business and shopping district . |
| 12 | Fifty years on , Wimpey Mining ( which was formed into a separate company in 1984 ) has evolved to become one of British Coal 's largest contractors , with production exceeding 1.7 million tonnes in 1992 . |
| 13 | Galloway was actively involved in the management of the business while it was expanding rapidly , but after it was formed into a limited company under the name of Galloway Ltd. in 1889 it was Charles John , the chairman and managing director , who effectively held the reins . |
| 14 | The head itself , with a non-reflective black surface , was larger than normal and the back of it was formed into an oval shape . |
| 15 | Gastric acid was diverted into a large bore collection tube via the opened gastric cannula . |
| 16 | But now it was welded into the living flesh . |
| 17 | It seemed to Pearce that the best way to gain his goal was to go into the Civil Service , which was the career that most of the more successful pupils from his school tended ti follow . |
| 18 | A PE10 cannula was placed into the thoracic aorta through a cutdown into the left carotid artery . |
| 19 | In the first ( for ileocolonic transit ) , a Tygon cannula ( external diameter : 1.22 mm ; internal diameter : 0.76 mm ) was placed into the distal ileum about 20 cm from the cecum , the cecum was opened , and the ileocaecal segment was rinsed of any residue with warm saline ( 37°C ) . |
| 20 | At 10 am on the day of admission an indwelling cannula was placed into an antecubital vein . |
| 21 | The Duke of Edinburgh , who was baptised into the Greek Orthodoox Church , has already privately expressed a desire to return to the church of his birth , which is in communion with the Russian Orthodox Church . |
| 22 | Considerable research was undertaken into the original Superspec home at Colchester . |
| 23 | In one case it stretched to below a woman 's knees and in another the pubic hair was gathered into a tasteful plait that reached behind her back . |
| 24 | There were no pictures on the walls but on the mantelpiece , amongst a random collection of odds and ends , there was a framed photograph of an elderly woman ; her hair was gathered into an old-fashioned bun on the top of her head ; she had a smooth , rather spoilt face and an expression of absolute serenity . |
| 25 | In about 1891–2 Dowson was received into the Catholic Church , and produced certain religio-aesthetic poems , such as ‘ Nuns of Perpetual Adoration ’ and ‘ Carthusians ’ . |
| 26 | Rolfe was received into the Catholic Church in 1886 . |
| 27 | He was received into the Catholic Church in 1921 ( dropping his first name in favour of Dominic ) . |
| 28 | His eloquence was somewhat impaired by the presence on the bed of the current mistress , the Roman Catholic Duchess of Portsmouth , but eventually he succeeded in having her removed and in persuading the King to send for the Queen to seek her forgiveness for the wrongs he had done her ; the King however kept putting off the administration of the Holy Sacrament , and Ken was removed from the room in Charles 's last hours as he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by a priest smuggled into the palace by his brother and successor , James II . |
| 29 | Talbot was received into the Roman Catholic Church by Nicholas Wiseman ( later cardinal archbishop of Westminster , q.v. ) in 1843 at St Mary 's College , Oscott . |
| 30 | He dismounted and was received into the royal tent . |