Example sentences of "was [vb pp] into [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was plunged into darkness and stayed like that for the rest of the day . |
| 2 | The girl was dragged into bushes and raped . |
| 3 | In fact , recent research suggests that average grain consumption per head in the village did not fall during the period : a vast amount of unused land was brought into cultivation and yields slowly rose . |
| 4 | The child was born in January 1984 and lived with her parents until 1986 when , on suspicion of sexual abuse , she was taken into care and placed with foster parents . |
| 5 | The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter , was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road . |
| 6 | Finally , the lid was put into position and screwed or bolted down . |
| 7 | When she came back she was put into contracts and purchasing in the knowledge that she was a potential candidate for management succession , although no promises were made . |
| 8 | I started clearing the site : the leaning shed became firewood , and the other was dismantled into panels and sold to a friend . |