Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] into an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as a matter of interest , would you have believed me if I 'd said that I 'd bumped into an old acquaintance near the museum ? ’ |
| 2 | Young Trotsky finished his printing and began to pack the copies I had stapled into an old US Army haversack . |
| 3 | She has grown into an elegant and gracious woman , but lost none of the spark that made her such an endearing young bride . |
| 4 | If the reason you left nursing in the first place was boredom or disillusionment , it may be that you had drifted into an environment which failed to take advantage of your best qualities . |
| 5 | This relationship is evidently not to be confused with a sexual relationship ; it is just that once you have entered into an artistic liaison of this intensity , the sexual shenanigans are likely to follow . |
| 6 | Once you have got into an improvising state of mind almost any piece of furniture will begin to develop potential . |
| 7 | That is a stocking machine that we 've turned into an outer-wear machine . |
| 8 | And we 've all been in situations where we 've walked into an area , whether it be , sort of a car park is poorly lit , or you 've gone down a lane that 's perhaps been overgrown by bushes and things like that we generally do n't feel as confident . |
| 9 | We have fallen into an ageist trap and attempted to generalise and to stereotype . |
| 10 | It is perhaps not inappropriate to compare them to the astronauts in our own day : they had broken into an uncharted region , blazed a new trail to God and to the depths of the self and had returned to earth like the heroes of antiquity , bringing news of a hitherto unimaginable realm which gave an entirely new perspective on the human condition . |
| 11 | I had told Elizabeth that when my friends left Greece I always felt that they had gone into an underworld ; I wanted them back , but had no wish to go with them . |
| 12 | Somewhere between the time when they had fallen into an exhausted sleep and when she had woken to this grey dawn , all the joy and magic of what they had shared had faded , and she had been overcome by doubts . |
| 13 | They had swung into an avenue lined with gums , their stark , white trunks rising like pillars . |
| 14 | They have developed into an oligarchy , most interested in their own affairs … |
| 15 | Another British merchant bank , Kleinwort Benson , owned up to writing off loans totalling $23m which it had sunk into an American partnership controlled by one of its directors . |
| 16 | It was surprisingly warm and within seconds he had fallen into an exhausted sleep . |
| 17 | He had got into an argument in the wash room with Clive Fairbrother , an Australian exchange student a year older than him whose sense of humour was only a few degrees away from sheer malice . |
| 18 | He had come into an open place . |