Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] into [art] " in BNC.

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1 As individual developments , both directions were destined to run themselves into the ground .
2 The hoverspeeder , its motors still idling , was attempting to wedge itself into the hole in the wall which Daak must have made with the vehicle 's front thrusters .
3 Thereafter he became a missionary of heathen Africa , wrote a seminal alchemical text called the Clavicula , and was reputed to turn himself into a red cock when occasion demanded .
4 At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death .
5 He huddled up as if he was trying to roll himself into a ball .
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