Example sentences of "[verb] herself into [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She cast herself into heated ovens or boiling cauldrons , was immersed in the freezing waters of a mill-race in winter and hunted by a pack of dogs through thorny thickets . |
| 2 | I could almost feel sorry for her , she had gotten herself into such a false position . |
| 3 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 4 | Yes , she had all the chances , but she did n't even take a degree — threw herself into left-wing politics , and then got married . |
| 5 | How had my mother transformed herself into this dower-house chatelaine ? |
| 6 | Instead of staying with me as he 'd planned , he rents this ancient pile , miles from anywhere , just so he can keep an eye on this stupid female who seems to have got herself into all sorts of trouble over a piece of land — ’ |
| 7 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 8 | How on earth had she ever got herself into such a mess ? |
| 9 | Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly . |
| 10 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |
| 11 | Maria smiled shyly as Lindsey lowered herself into one of the white chairs . |
| 12 | He 's a thief , done time probably and well , ’ the waitress was looking more uneasy and going redder as she talked herself into more trouble , ‘ anyway here he is , ’ and she scuttled off . |
| 13 | ’ It might be worth it ’ she yelled , and fling herself into another flouncing departure for her cabin . |
| 14 | She had managed to squeeze herself into such a small space in the saddle that there was practically room left for two men . |
| 15 | Besides being the sun 's foster-mother , Mokosh could foretell the future , and she could change herself into any form she pleased , bird or fish or snake of the swamp . |
| 16 | Butler had also thrown herself into similar work in Liverpool in the 1860s , setting up an industrial home for working-class girls . |
| 17 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |
| 18 | I was in a very black and negative mood , I remember , and waited for the trapeze artists to fall and kill themselves , for the female contortionist to twist herself into such a knot of meat that she would never get disentangled . |
| 19 | This ca n't be happening to me , Kate would never get herself into this sort of situation . |
| 20 | Your heroine is going to have to plunge herself into some sort of danger . |
| 21 | Her face staring , staring into the darkness , trying to gaze herself into another world . |