Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a symbolic rally , held on May 23 in the capital San Salvador , the FMLN transformed itself into a political party . |
| 2 | So how would the mere existence of Labour Party membership cards in the North prevent the electorate voting themselves into a United Ireland if they so desired ? |
| 3 | Away from the island the wind converted itself into a westerly and we were surfing at ten knots even with two slabs in the main and the genoa furled to almost nothing . |
| 4 | After the high energy opening of ‘ The Locomotion ’ Kylie launched herself into a raunchy version of her second bit hit ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 8 | " All communities divide themselves into the few and the many . |
| 9 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 10 | ‘ Does n't it disgust you to be lying around at home while your child works herself into an early grave ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | FORMER town crier Mike Chittenden turned himself into a human fireball outside the office of his former girlfriend . |
| 13 | 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 ] . |
| 14 | This is essentially a roving , stultifying , incoherent orgy of images that leads Taniguchi 's body to transform itself into a mechanical colossus . |
| 15 | A cousin of Frederick , the Elector Palatine , he was a physically feeble young man who by dint of self-discipline transformed himself into a vigorous soldier . |
| 16 | The Cabinet met twice again before dinner time , and on each occasion moved themselves into a harder position . |
| 17 | WHO would have thought such an angelic little boy would one day transform himself into a colossal 275lb power-packed man-mountain ? |
| 18 | And she is using the 20th-Century surgeon 's art to turn herself into a living version of classical beauties painted by the Old Masters , from Greek goddesses to the Mona Lisa . |
| 19 | Susan told herself that she must keep calm , must n't let nerves and muscles knot themselves into the familiar ache of worry . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 22 | Cases of suicide are well-documented , and there was at least one instance when several people barricaded themselves into a flat and refused to leave . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Its leader , a Colonel Seymour , was charged with committing common assault on Charles Eyres , the leader of the Croydon branch of the organization , after a dispute in which Eyres claimed that Seymour had misappropriated funds and altered the constitution to turn himself into a virtual dictator ; this led to Seymour drawing a sword and pointing an unlicensed gun at Eyres . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | As the socialists moved increasingly left of the republic , splitting the coalition government , the right gained support reorganising itself into a united opposition to the republic under the umbrella of the C.E.D.A. The right wing capitalised on the Catholic reaction against republican anticlericalism in order to gain power . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The 37-year-old man turned himself into a human fireball in front of estranged wife Brenda , 35 . |