Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] into a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He stared at the paper for a moment then crumpled it angrily into a ball and tossed it into a corner .
2 The cigarette had burned away between his fingers and he dropped it hastily into a cup on the tray beside him .
3 Philip opened his mouth in horror , then turned it quickly into a yawn when Mrs Wright looked at him .
4 Slowly , he took off the jacket and folded it neatly into a rectangle which he placed on his knee .
5 June unwrapped the flimsy tissue paper from one of the almond biscuits and rolled it carefully into a tube .
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