Example sentences of "was [verb] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to eight million barrels of oil was spilled into the Gulf during the war , some of which was now being carried offshore by tidal currents to form new slicks in the open Gulf . |
| 2 | 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 … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tall , slim , elegant , and totally dominating at centre-half ; Jimmy joined the Palace on 2 October 1928 and for his debut was plunged into the testing FA Cup-tie against the Southern League ( Eastern Section ) Champions , Kettering Town whose centre-forward had already gained quite a reputation — one Peter Simpson , no less ! |
| 5 | It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble . |
| 6 | The boy , who comes from the Chesterfield area and will appear in court again on Tuesday , was remanded into the care of a Derbyshire County Council social services secure accommodation unit . |
| 7 | He was remanded into the care of the local authority until tomorrow . |
| 8 | Placing the egg in the palm of his right hand , Vic let it roll up his forearm and then jerked his elbow so that it was propelled into the air . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The door opened and Cornelius Murphy was propelled into the science room . |
| 11 | This growth was to continue into the 20th century ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | There was no tie , but a dark red silk scarf was tucked into the open neck of the shirt . |
| 14 | A Canavan free was floated into the square , where corner forward Stephen Ramsey rose to fist the ball to the net , leaving the scores at the break St Marys 1–6 UCG 0–3 . |
| 15 | The steam crane , built by Ransomes and Rapier in 1944 and weighing in at about 142 tons , was eased into the head-stunt after the incident . |
| 16 | The brook was diverted into the mill race , which is now dry , but can easily be followed , around a quarter mile from the mill , and was controlled by a now defunct sluice gate . |
| 17 | But now it was welded into the living flesh . |
| 18 | I was given into the charge of an N.C.O. |
| 19 | After four years , Father Burgon moved on and the parish was given into the care of the Salvation Fathers . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His plan for that was to go into the restaurant car park and allow enough time for the other car to clear the fuel service area , then fill his own tank and give chase . |
| 22 | You got so that the first thing you did every day was to go into the kitchen and say good morning to it . |
| 23 | I now knew the last thing in the whole world I wanted was to go into the mountains again with FAKINTIL . |
| 24 | The proposed closure was confirmed just twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and revealed that it 's lost more than six million pounds in the last six months . |
| 25 | The closure has been confirmed twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and revealed that it 's lost more than six million pounds in the last six months . |
| 26 | The announcement was confirmed twenty four hours after British Coal said the pit was to go into the review procedure . |
| 27 | The proposed closure has been confirmed twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and it was revealed that it had lost more than six million pounds in the last six months . |
| 28 | He explained Wells was placed into the care of three nurses from a secure unit at Friern Barnet hospital in North London . |
| 29 | In the first five patients and patient 12 a percutaneous transhepatic catheter was placed into the portal vein to act as a target for the transjugular needle . |
| 30 | A PE10 cannula was placed into the thoracic aorta through a cutdown into the left carotid artery . |