Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] into [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candlesticks filed into pieces and collected in ladies ' stockings had served for canister for a while , but had been swiftly exhausted . |
| 2 | Biddy 's gimlet eyes screwed into Nutty and travelled reflectively to the scowling Nails , nervous little Hoomey and Jazz in his rain-soggy turban , all lined up against the wall . |
| 3 | We encountered huge swarms of pteropods , Pelagic Snails which had huge feet modified into flippers and pun mucus nets to catch plankton . |
| 4 | On their heads were checked winter head scarves twisted into turbans that showed by the particular shape the area from which they came . |
| 5 | Michael prepared with pan-fried duckling breasts in a port and wine sauce , cabbage leaf parcels stuffed with Cumberland sausage , sour apple and apricot , and potatoes shaped into barrels and flavoured with yoghurt . |
| 6 | The bulldozer which had stood dormant for the past two days coughed into life and rumbled towards the prison gates . |
| 7 | They have removed the right of women to have child-care costs taken into account when claiming income support , and they have prevented those women from having the freedom to take up part-time work to improve their incomes . |
| 8 | Such deliberations on subject scope will normally lead to a preliminary list of significant ( especially the more general ) terms , with these terms collected into groups that reflect the relationships between them . |
| 9 | A litter of truly wild rabbits taken into captivity and contained in a hutch can not be expected to live very long . |
| 10 | ‘ War puts nations to the test ; and just as Egyptian mummies crumbled into dust when exposed to the shock of air , war spells the sentence of death upon any social institution which has become calcified ’ . |
| 11 | The entrances led into passageways that followed more or less devious routes towards the Central Court ; it may be that the twists and turns of these passages had some magico-religious significance . |