Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lost Boys also made Sutherland into one of the years less likely sex-symbols . |
| 2 | The much-criticised policy of Harry Hyams , who built Oldham into one of the most profitable property companies , of only letting to tenants of ‘ undoubted ’ covenant has been fully vindicated . |
| 3 | Against the Director 's advice , he 'd decided to despatch Sylvia into occupied France to try and discover what had happened to them . |
| 4 | Early in the new century , agreements to resolve imperial clashes with the old rivals , France and Russia , drew Britain into close association with the anti-German Dual Entente . |
| 5 | The music playing on the stand was vintage Shadows and as the guitars belted out ‘ Apache ’ David helped Belinda into one of the brightly coloured cars and Rachel followed Danny to another . |
| 6 | It was this more than anything that impelled Havel into active opposition , and there 's little doubt that it 's his reputation as a truth-teller , a man whose word is to be trusted , that most commends him to a nation recovering from constitutional mendacity . |
| 7 | By then Kismayu was established as a tinderbox that could again plunge Somalia into civil war . |
| 8 | Parliament drew Nehemiah into naval service in 1650 and John soon followed . |
| 9 | For the purpose of examination , Wheatley divided Scotland into five major parts : the Highlands , the North-east , the East ( or Tayside ) , the South-east and the West . |
| 10 | Shaikh Rashid , who was credited with transforming Dubai into one of the most prosperous trading centres in the Middle East , had in August 1990 supported the deployment of foreign and Arab forces to counter the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait [ see p. 37636 ] . |
| 11 | The second was his residence in France during the French Revolution : this direct encounter with the main movement of the age led Wordsworth into constant political agony and debate , and it is significant that one of the main characters in The Excursion , his other long poem , is the Solitary , a despondent figure disillusioned by the failure of the Revolution . |
| 12 | Ards retained the Belfast Telegraph Tele-Tots league championship , pushing Bangor into second place ahead of Lisburn . |
| 13 | It was reassuringly added that the Americans were well aware of the shortcomings and had no intention of pushing Korea into premature independence . |
| 14 | She sat in bed , white-faced , and listened to the flare of the Mercedes limousine as the chauffeur drove Damian into Central . |
| 15 | Skybolt just won the debate in the face of a growing body of opinion that favoured fitting Polaris into British-built nuclear submarines . |
| 16 | The stoppage dropped Mansell into seventh place with 15 laps to go and his battle with race leader Ayrton Senna seemed to be going all the Brazilian 's way . |
| 17 | Chop Mozzarella into thin slices ; do the same with the toms . |
| 18 | It was Scots who had invented the steam engine , tarmacadam , the telephone , the Dunlop tyre , chloroform , Listerine , penicillin , television ; Scots who had risen to command foreign armies and navies and whose courage as kilted soldiers in the First World War had led the Germans to dub them ‘ the ladies from hell ’ ; Scots , of whom one had helped to found the Bank of England , who had made Edinburgh into one of the great financial centres of Europe ; Scots who had provided Westminster with more than her share of British Prime Ministers ; Scots who with only a tenth of the population of Britain , had yet supplied England with one fifth of her professional classes . |
| 19 | Leicester C1 Tranmere R0 A GOAL in the last minute by substitute Kevin Russell lifted Leicester into second place in the Second Division to give their promotion hopes a timely boost . |
| 20 | Marco Gabbiadini , a £1.2 million buy from Crystal Palace two months ago , claimed both Derby goals , but it was Tommy Johnson , signed from Notts County for £1.3 million last month , who ran Brighton 's defence ragged and lifted Derby into fourth place . |
| 21 | What 's more , you see , Jed 's group is on the point of bringing Satan into corporeal existence . |
| 22 | Rovers returned fire , Wilcox forcing Stowell into another save and Madden clearing a Wegerle shot off the line . |
| 23 | Helen had drawn Edward into this sheltered place , and read aloud to him . |
| 24 | During the early years of his reign Charles did intervene actively in the Thirty Years ' War by leading England into another war against Spain . |
| 25 | Black Wry rose in him against this creature , this monstrous being who was turning Ireland into black barrenness ; above the mask his eyes glinted and he wanted to spring on the Robemaker and tear his throat from his body . |
| 26 | The two may soon follow Lithuania into direct conflict with Moscow . |
| 27 | It was he , the 6th Duke , that turned Chatsworth into one of the biggest tourist attractions in the country today . |
| 28 | Ruehe said the long-term goal was still to roll back some of the Serb gains , as foreseen under a UN-backed peace plan that would divide Bosnia into 10 regions . |
| 29 | This threw Lydia into some perplexity . |
| 30 | This almost parental instinct to protect now and then leads Ackroyd into dangerous waters . |