Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The McCullochs turned into their cottage with a brief good-night and Cameron , James , and Allan let themselves into the tall , silent house along the road . |
| 2 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 3 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 4 | " All communities divide themselves into the few and the many . |
| 5 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 6 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 7 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 8 | Susan told herself that she must keep calm , must n't let nerves and muscles knot themselves into the familiar ache of worry . |
| 9 | He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it . |
| 10 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 11 | As well as updating its RISC System/6000 series with new machines designed specifically for commercial , technical and parallel computing markets ( UX No 420 ) , the company last week pitched itself into the thick of the Unix workstation price war with the introduction of a sub-$4,000 offering . |
| 12 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 13 | Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows . |
| 14 | Commentators initially understood that his proposals and the WPE central committee resolution of March 6 which adopted his report excluded a multiparty system , and required opposition groups to merge themselves into the existing single party framework under its new name . |
| 15 | The truth is that the social sciences reflected the pre-conceptions and problems of bourgeois liberalism in its classic form , which was not found in Germany , where bourgeois society inserted itself into the Bismarckian framework of aristocrats and bureaucrats . |
| 16 | Wagnerian storm clouds gather doomily as millions of curious souls cram themselves into the multi-tiered arena of the High Court in downtown Afterlife City . |
| 17 | These terminal direct repeats are believed to be generated by the mechanism through which migrating transposons reinsert themselves into the chromosomal DNA . |
| 18 | In 1896 the fourth Congress resolved itself into the first National Council with a permanent staff and offices , at first in Birmingham and then in the Congregationalists ' London headquarters , Memorial Hall . |
| 19 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 20 | It comes in sizes S , M , L and XL and at a cost of just £6.75 is an affordable way to thrust yourself into the very forefront of the 1990's fashion ! |
| 21 | In the other match , Jonathan Speelman claimed a time-out , taking a break in order to think himself into the right frame of mind to fight his way back into the match . |
| 22 | Charlotte lowered herself into the nearest chair and watched Ursula lean slowly back against the window-sill , one hand grasping the edge tightly while the other held her cigarette . |
| 23 | Why the Romans threw themselves into the difficult business of absorbing the culture of one foreign nation just when they were involved in exhausting wars with another foreign nation , remains one of those puzzles which characterize nations in their most inscrutable and decisive hours . |
| 24 | He did not , as I had feared , ask me to perform covert assassinations on his behalf and nor did he insist on my using my eidetic capabilities to project myself into the noumenal world that he inhabited with such terrifying ease . |
| 25 | Unable to breakout of the academic circuit in the UK , the US arm manoeuvred itself into the military market , mopping up defence supercomputing contracts . |
| 26 | Even through his distress , Francis Morgan was obviously struck by Catherine Crane 's looks and as the party distributed itself into the big Land Rover he managed to sit next to her . |