Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] themselves into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their demands are much like those of the ill-fated Democratic Platform — reformers who quit the party but failed to organise themselves into a workable opposition . |
| 2 | As a result , an agreement was signed that about 50 rebel leaders could return to Nicaragua on condition that , like the returning contras , they renounced the armed struggle and illegal activities and agreed to incorporate themselves into the political system . |
| 3 | The Ancient Britons surged forward and began forming themselves into lines , Elinor in front as Boudicca in a pretend chariot and Otley as Venutius , the belligerent Brit , consort of our Brigantian Queen Cartimandua . |
| 4 | A number of COS district branches soon began to form themselves into separate committees for this purpose , and in 1902 a Central Industrial Bureau was opened which , under pressure from increased applications from boys as well as girls , addressed itself to both sexes . |
| 5 | ‘ Suppose the pupils started organizing themselves into writing letters , protest marches — what would happen to the school ? ’ |
| 6 | Most people had come to understand the danger posed by Hitler 's Germany ; but they decided to delude themselves into believing that giving him Austria and Czechoslovakia would buy him off . |
| 7 | He spoke for a minute , followed by a succession of other characters and then four grown , men sitting in the lotus position , proceeded to hurl themselves into the air . |
| 8 | What had apparently happened was that , faced with persecution , the committed witches had formed themselves into small clandestine groups and became separated from each other . |
| 9 | The moans and songs lie low and gentle , then rise to a wild screaming force of sound as though all the ghosts of time had gathered themselves into one great , explosive cry . |
| 10 | Logic suggested that the Chelonians had marched themselves into battle with their customary lack of subtlety , only to find that their enemy was of a higher calibre than anticipated . |
| 11 | The slender loins and wide shoulders kept their elegance of shape and movement , the skin was clear of wrinkles except for the lines of experience that had graved themselves into his face ; but the flesh was drying and withering now , hardening between weathered skin and shapely bone . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sotheby 's Amsterdam , recently announced with pride that they had got themselves into The Guinness Book of Records . |
| 16 | Since battle had been effectively joined last spring , when Major first considered going to the country , the parties had bludgeoned themselves into mutual exhaustion before the final clash of arms . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | By entering the forest she and Allen had launched themselves into a stream of events that carried them with it . |
| 19 | Or has this whole summer for Mansell been a fabrication of what he really felt , a means of getting out of his Ferrari contract by saying he was quitting and then holding Williams to ransom after they had backed themselves into a corner ? |
| 20 | But the Champenois were not unprepared : many houses were able to seal up their cellars ; those wishing to escape German occupation left for southern France , while others remained organising themselves into an effective network of resistance , the extent of which was unknown even to most Champenois . |