Example sentences of "had been [verb] into [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | County freeholders , often indiscriminately styled ‘ barons ’ , as indeed some of them were , whose estates had been erected into free baronies by a crown charter , were gentlemen landowners of the shire , the direct vassals of the crown , and most of them were fully conscious of holding a social position which demanded that they should not be seen to be in any man 's pocket . |
| 2 | They found that the mammals had been separated into three groups . |
| 3 | The meat on his plate had been cut into small segments because his teeth were no longer sharp . |
| 4 | A set of old , wooden steps had been cut into one side . |
| 5 | Each body had been cut into seven pieces and the parts put into ten bags . |
| 6 | Whoever had been absorbed into that wall , was still somehow there … was still somehow alive . ’ |
| 7 | The Atlantic crossing was over by 12 July and the Orynthia had arrived in Demerara , a one-time Dutch settlement which had been absorbed into British Guiana in 1831 . |
| 8 | The group was finally disbanded in 1969 , by which time China had been plunged into virtual anarchy and economic collapse . |
| 9 | Later , when freedmen had been assimilated into Roman society , there was no longer any need to proclaim Roman identity in this way . |
| 10 | Although no details of the fraudulent operations were provided , they were understood to have involved the diversion of public and private funds , which had been converted into foreign exchange for approved imports , into bank accounts abroad . |
| 11 | But Ward 18 , where this lady was being treated had been made into separate cubicle wards with glass screens , at the order of Dr Kelleher for ‘ barrier nursing . ’ |
| 12 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 13 | Conversely , many of those in the amalgamated force who had previously worn helmets in their earlier life and had been moved into flat caps in 1969 welcomed the return to ‘ natural ’ apparel and their own version of a correct bodily disposition which had been prescribed in a 1958 edition of the Northumberland County Police Standing Orders . |
| 14 | The couches and armchairs had been moved into another room . |
| 15 | However , when it arrived in Suffolk it had been broken into three pieces , so the star quickly agreed to send a replacement . |
| 16 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 17 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 18 | Over the years councils had been forced into deep conflict with Scottish ministers over matters which were too often more akin to right-wing dogma than to relevance . |
| 19 | The Doctor recognized the signs of an unstable metabolism that had been forced into accelerated decay . |
| 20 | Beyond it , visible through gaps where the iron had been torn into ragged wings and beaten back , was a junkyard in which caravans were parked . |
| 21 | The leaders of the General Union of Tunisian Students ( UGTE ) were among 583 protesters reported to have been arrested by Feb. 23 , 283 of whom had been drafted into military service , a further 190 held for interrogation and 110 released by Feb. 25 . |
| 22 | Feeling themselves isolated from Ramsay MacDonald , who had been helped into Labour leadership by the " Clydesiders " , the ILP became receptive to the radical socialism of the Scottish MPs . |
| 23 | Wrides also had examples of turning swords into ploughshares for bayonets had been hinged into notched steel bases for sale as very effective firewood splitters . |
| 24 | The move reciprocated an occasion in June 1990 when Romanian Moldavians had been allowed into Soviet Moldavia . |
| 25 | Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious . |
| 26 | Not that the ball needed an extra medal for , to Lucille , it seemed as though a jewel shop had been exploded into extravagant shards of light and colour . |
| 27 | They were asked to talk to them and find out for themselves about the families who had been thrown into such torment ; they were asked to talk about the children and about their lives at home . |
| 28 | Nobody ever visited their house except through obligations , and such family celebrations as still persisted had been transformed into grim duties . |
| 29 | Korea had been divided into two zones in 1945 , Communist to the north of the 38th parallel and non-Communist to the south . |
| 30 | The Southern Capital had been divided into eight segments , like slices of the round , flat loaves the Semite guest workers baked , each segment 's inner edge bisecting one of the main quarters of the town , into which it was split by the two main thoroughfares , one running north-to-south , and the other east-to-west , which met at the centre . |