Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , the search for ‘ a ’ cure for cancer has resolved itself into a large number of separate questions , many of which have still to be solved . |
| 2 | In this way by not acceding to anger and resentment , he has made himself into a better son . |
| 3 | ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person . |
| 4 | WORLD cricket has distilled itself into the English game : the World Cup is over , South Africa have played their first Test match against the West Indies and now the far flung stars of these international matches have flown in to fill the last few places in the carousel of English county cricket . |
| 5 | The noise/horror aesthetic has driven itself into a dead(ening) end . |
| 6 | In the United States , public relations has divided itself into a great many specialities so that if you want to employ public relations to handle , say , a health issue , you go to someone who specializes in health communications . |
| 7 | GROUPE BULL , the French computer company , has launched itself into the personal computer market with the $635m acquisition of Zenith Computer Group of the US , writes Mary Fagan . |
| 8 | I 'd got myself into a double bind , and there was no way out . ’ |
| 9 | On a polyglot diet of great classics the bookworm might have gorged himself into a mere know-all , not into a writer capable of winning , and deserving , numerous prizes , including a Nobel . |
| 10 | If I 'd admitted to myself how I really felt about him I 'd have thrown myself into the whole thing , body and soul . |
| 11 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 12 | Carrie seems to have dug herself into a huge , deep hole of self-pity and has no desire to get out of it . |
| 13 | His hair had formed itself into an interesting anthill kind of a shape though . |
| 14 | One biscuit becomes a whole packet , one chocolate bar turns into three and before you know where you are you 've trapped yourself into a wholesale binge . |
| 15 | The MEP , who rode on a motorcycle on an open road for the first time on Saturday , said he was very impressed by the way bikers had organised themselves into a Europe-wide movement . |
| 16 | It had long been understood that , while the refugee camps of the East Bank had remained pro-PLO ever since the events of 1970–1 , the wealthier Palestinians had incorporated themselves into the Jordanian establishment . |
| 17 | She began to get up but by now the man and the bear had moved themselves into the open area of the coach between the pairs of doors . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've got ourselves into a great position , even over our closest rivals in fourth and fifth spot , ’ says Gunn , who is in his seventh season with Norwich . |
| 19 | Palme Dutt and Pollitt , presenting a minority report to the Comintern Congress , argued that the Labour Party , by its restrictions on Communist membership , affiliation and cooperation , had transformed itself into a typical " social fascist " organisation . |
| 20 | I could sense the Colonel had got himself into a capricious and dangerous mood . |
| 21 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 22 | Although it hardly featured in the Report , the nature of lending in Sri Lanka , and its consequences in the first part of the twentieth century had burnt itself into the collective consciousness of many and clearly influenced the Commission . |
| 23 | Although she had moulded herself into the demure and restrained wife suitable to Stephen 's position , deep down she still possessed the wild spirits which had led her into Sir William Forster 's arms . |
| 24 | I sat up weakly one morning , and the ship 's cabin had transmuted itself into a little square room in an isolated town in South America . |
| 25 | The memories persisted , until she had worked herself into a peevish bout of self-pity , which was not improved by her discovery when she reached home that Hank had not shovelled the snow off the front walk before leaving for school . |
| 26 | At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee . |
| 27 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 28 | Manchester United looked like they had forced themselves into the second round of the UEFA Cup when they went two goals ahead after four spot kicks when Paul Ince and Denis Irwin buried their chances . |
| 29 | He had brooded himself into a black dwam , and when the door opened again he started violently and spilled the last of the milk on his legs . |
| 30 | So it 's re-inserted itself into the real world , you could say . |