Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It always seemed miraculous that the Maggot could fit himself into a small aircraft , for John Maggovertski was a huge man : six foot five and well over two hundred pounds , and none of those pounds was fat . |
| 2 | Jackie Tiptoe could turn himself into a proper gent when it suited him . |
| 3 | Whenever he spoke , it would compose itself into a ghoulish grin . |
| 4 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 5 | Finally , in desperation , Aenarion offered himself , saying he would cast himself into the sacred fire if Asuryan would only save his people . |
| 6 | For a while there had been a feeling that they were asking the right questions and that at any moment the individual answers would shuffle themselves into a significant total . |
| 7 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 8 | Even the Founders recognized that a London presence could not be abandoned altogether , so by choosing a northern HQ the paper would turn itself into a two-site operation . |
| 9 | I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position . |
| 10 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 11 | Most remarkable of all , if you take two sponges and treat them both in this extreme way and then mix cells from the two , they will reconstitute themselves into a single mixed-parentage entity . |
| 12 | Quinn will work himself into the right mood for the game by listening to tapes of his favourite Beatles music beforehand — not that he needs too much extra motivation . |
| 13 | He can play himself into a commanding position — as he did against Courier in the French Open , Wheaton at Wimbledon and Sampras in last year 's ATP final — and then somehow , his judgement deserts him , every time . |
| 14 | He is living proof that an individual congressman with energy and knowledge can turn himself into a foreign-policy entrepreneur . |