Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] themselves into " in BNC.
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| 1 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 2 | LOYALIST URBAN VIGILANTEES BEGIN TO FORM THEMSELVES INTO THE ULSTER DEFENCE ASSOCIATION . |
| 3 | Some actors manage to get themselves into trouble by picking the wrong people to slug it out with — like the police ! |
| 4 | Erm and then once they 've organized themselves into these associations their first er job should be , or was perhaps , I 'm not he 's talking about what has actually happened I suppose |
| 5 | They 've got themselves into this mess in just nine months . |
| 6 | That 's another fine mess they 've got themselves into . |
| 7 | Ashton 's dancers have to weave themselves into and out of such play without losing the flow of both music and movement . |
| 8 | Local youngsters have formed themselves into an action group in Ness and have repaired and redecorated the community hall , sponsored a Job Creation project for further improvements to the kitchen facilities and environs , formed a local band , organised a sponsored clean up , established representation within the Community Association and plan to develop a workshop attached to the hall . |
| 9 | These difficulties have resolved themselves into the question : is the comment " fair " , in the sense of being one which the commentator could honestly express , on the strength of such of his facts as can be proved to be true ? |
| 10 | A good many stars have booked themselves into clinics because of drink or drug addiction . |
| 11 | Or how it feels ( if you are the challenger ) to learn that an even larger number of men and women have organised themselves into teams with the sole purpose of stopping you getting anywhere . |
| 12 | This research will focus on the process of professionalisation among lay practitioners in Britain , examining the ways in which they have organised themselves into associations , attempted to increase their security and status , defined and enforced standards of conduct and training , and ( in some cases ) sought recognition by the state . |
| 13 | That much accomplished , the yeast presumably could be spread over Seveso in Italy , Times Beach in Missouri , and other places where chlorinated aromatics such as TCDD have insinuated themselves into the environment . |
| 14 | For a variety of reasons , most colleges in Wales have organized themselves into ‘ consortia ’ for the purpose of technician education , mostly clustering round a ‘ senior ’ institution with a traditional responsibility for much of the higher technician work . |
| 15 | In England registry office weddings are for girls who have got themselves into trouble . |
| 16 | MY DAUGHTER and her husband have got themselves into a ridiculous situation and , though I could happily bang their heads together , I feel I 've got to help them . |
| 17 | Some hon. Members believe that the Tories have got themselves into a spot of bother in Scotland , and we are not referring to the occasional by-election disaster such as occurred in Kincardine and Deeside recently , or even to the reduction of Scottish Tory representation in the House to the completely inadequate level of nine . |
| 18 | I think Lewisham have got themselves into a ludicrous state over people er . |
| 19 | ‘ Rangers have played themselves into a good situation and proved we are a decent side . |
| 20 | However , the counties have locked themselves into a zero sum game as the competitive drive for success at the playing level , in the belief and expectation that it is this which will increase and sustain revenues , together with accompanying bonus incentives inexorably bids up the price of labour . |
| 21 | It is hard to resist the pressure to use them , especially as some nuclear-power generators have tied themselves into long-term reprocessing contracts . |
| 22 | Many members of the Moscow research institutes have hurled themselves into politics , as advisers to Mikhail Gorbachev or Boris Yeltsin or as politicians in their own right . |
| 23 | The villagers are great , and with full support from the local authorities both communities have thrown themselves into planning the social side of it . |
| 24 | The Wishplants have shoved themselves into a tight market gap and have found plenty of room to develop . |