Example sentences of "were [verb] into an " in BNC.
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| 1 | After screening more than 360000 men , the 12 000 who were eligible were placed into an experimental or control group . |
| 2 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |
| 3 | The results show that in the mid and mixed sets at least , some utterances were parsed into an exceptionally large number of word-strings . |
| 4 | A district typically had 20–25000 consumers and covered 130 square miles , and initially they were grouped into an intermediate level of control , the ‘ sub-area ’ ; with an average of five sub-areas in each Board . |
| 5 | You were looking into an open grave . |
| 6 | As the chicks hatched , they were moved into an out-building and then , when fully fledged , up to the pool . |
| 7 | Some felt that they were hurrying into an epoch of unprecedented enlightenment , in which better education and beneficent technology would ensure wealth and leisure for all . |
| 8 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 9 | In the UK , until the so-called marginal areas were brought into an extended LFA early in 1984 , only one zone of handicap covered the whole of the LFA , ranging from relatively fertile grass pastures almost at sea level to the summits of Britain 's highest mountains . |
| 10 | For no apparent reason , the children and driver were herded into vans and taken to a remote rock quarry where they were sealed into an underground cavern . |
| 11 | The top floors of the building were converted into an hotel owned by Cook and run by his wife Marianne . |
| 12 | They were put into an ox cart and taken to the main Turkish base at Chanak . |
| 13 | These two aspects — marked or moderate parental indifference ( neglect , lack of interest and attention ) , and low parental control — were combined into an index of ‘ lack of care ’ . |
| 14 | Designs incorporating fish , birds , bulls , people , gods , goddesses , schematized buildings of various kinds , ships , and elaborate ritual scenes were carved into an astonishing range of materials : ivory , bone , agate , carnelian , haematite , jasper , chalcedony , lapis lazuli and even rock crystal , amethyst and obsidian . |
| 15 | The full seven bands of image data were loaded into an ERDAS ( Earth Resources Data Analysis System ) software system and ground control point information entered to rectify the image to National Grid coordinates . |