Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] into [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | County freeholders , often indiscriminately styled ‘ barons ’ , as indeed some of them were , whose estates had been erected into free baronies by a crown charter , were gentlemen landowners of the shire , the direct vassals of the crown , and most of them were fully conscious of holding a social position which demanded that they should not be seen to be in any man 's pocket . |
2 | They found that the mammals had been separated into three groups . |
3 | The meat on his plate had been cut into small segments because his teeth were no longer sharp . |
4 | It had been cut into four equal portions , two of which still bore the indentations of her fingers . |
5 | A set of old , wooden steps had been cut into one side . |
6 | Originally about a foot long , it had been cut into two , when they made excellent cycle handlebar grips for only 3d a pair . |
7 | Each body had been cut into seven pieces and the parts put into ten bags . |
8 | Sentences containing all four pieces of information from a set were most frequently identified as having been heard before even when they had not , suggesting that the information from a related set of sentences had been integrated into one complex whole which was closest in form to a four-idea sentence . |
9 | Whoever had been absorbed into that wall , was still somehow there … was still somehow alive . ’ |
10 | The Atlantic crossing was over by 12 July and the Orynthia had arrived in Demerara , a one-time Dutch settlement which had been absorbed into British Guiana in 1831 . |
11 | The group was finally disbanded in 1969 , by which time China had been plunged into virtual anarchy and economic collapse . |
12 | Later , when freedmen had been assimilated into Roman society , there was no longer any need to proclaim Roman identity in this way . |
13 | A head who already had eleven years ' experience moved to a post in which he had to confront two one-time grammar schools which had been converted into comprehensive single-sex comprehensive high schools . |
14 | Although no details of the fraudulent operations were provided , they were understood to have involved the diversion of public and private funds , which had been converted into foreign exchange for approved imports , into bank accounts abroad . |
15 | But Ward 18 , where this lady was being treated had been made into separate cubicle wards with glass screens , at the order of Dr Kelleher for ‘ barrier nursing . ’ |
16 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
17 | Conversely , many of those in the amalgamated force who had previously worn helmets in their earlier life and had been moved into flat caps in 1969 welcomed the return to ‘ natural ’ apparel and their own version of a correct bodily disposition which had been prescribed in a 1958 edition of the Northumberland County Police Standing Orders . |
18 | The couches and armchairs had been moved into another room . |
19 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
20 | ‘ Shop-taverns ’ , serving the passing trade as well as the locals , had become common in many towns , whilst many pubs had been partitioned into two distinct areas — the bar room and the tap room . |
21 | He had been pushed into this bloody situation by the need to attract public sympathy , and yet had been stupid enough to let the manifest idiocy of his questioners drive him to make a most unsympathetic exhibition of himself . |
22 | When Karin Obholzer interviewed him , he had been locked into one of these for over 10 years . |
23 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
24 | It had been split into five separate flats in the mid-1970s and , according to Pauline , some inappropriate alterations had been made . |
25 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
26 | Over the years councils had been forced into deep conflict with Scottish ministers over matters which were too often more akin to right-wing dogma than to relevance . |
27 | The Doctor recognized the signs of an unstable metabolism that had been forced into accelerated decay . |
28 | A local man had been bullied into guiding them through the treacherous , quaking waste . |
29 | Beyond it , visible through gaps where the iron had been torn into ragged wings and beaten back , was a junkyard in which caravans were parked . |
30 | The leaders of the General Union of Tunisian Students ( UGTE ) were among 583 protesters reported to have been arrested by Feb. 23 , 283 of whom had been drafted into military service , a further 190 held for interrogation and 110 released by Feb. 25 . |