Sentence examples for purse into from inspiring English sources

She said: 'You can't bring a purse into the C.I.A.

Instead, a "savings purse", into which money can be transferred, is attached to every account.

Toiling away, behind the scenes, trying to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear.

But until recently, at least, Ms. Thatcher's ability to elevate her purse into an object of both fame and fear was the exception.

I watched Peter's eyes fix on the giant black-and-white enamel circle and saw his mouth purse into the beginning of a giggle.

Even in the US, where Barack Obama has injected a bigger slice of the public purse into the ailing economy, the jury is still out.

Fans in Canton said they approved of the new procedures, but a few women were upset they could not bring their purses into the stadium.

They do: a mouth pursed into a seductive moue suddenly folds into a lopsided slash; eyes focused in concentrated, audience-captivating stares slide perilously sideways.

Her lips, pursed into a classic "duckface" expression, and slight cock of the head indicate that she is aware of the presentational nature of the piece.

"They're turning silk purses into sows' ears, rather than the other way around," said Thomas Adams, executive director of Energy Probe, a Toronto-based group that promotes energy conservation.

NSR: 0% FRANCE Disappointingly, the often discordant French footballing orchestra is no longer conducted by madcap manager Raymond Domenech, a footballing surrealist who specialised in turning a squad of silk purses into a giant animatronic Frankenstein's sow's ear.