Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 2 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 3 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 4 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 5 | As she let herself out into the garden through the kitchen door , she gave a small shiver that had absolutely nothing to do with the autumnal chill in the air . |
| 6 | Accepting enthusiastically the school 's principles of unsectarianism , coeducation up to the age of eleven , mixing middle- and artisan-class children , and making lessons short and pleasurable , she threw herself wholeheartedly into the teaching until forced to resign through ill health . |
| 7 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 8 | Whereas previously their contribution had been submerged beneath the power of the front pair , on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ they brought themselves fully into the fray , skilfully powering the music into the subconscious . |
| 9 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
| 10 | Lord Deverill called as he swung himself effortlessly into the saddle . |
| 11 | He worked himself up into the kind of rage that leads to unforgivable things being said . |
| 12 | In the winter of 1945–6 , when he took himself off into the mountains on spiritual retreat , he wrote to one of the United States Army 's cultural attachés with whom he later became great friends : |
| 13 | Let it ring — what do I care ? thought Dyson , as he hurled himself out into the hall to catch it before it stopped ringing . |