Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Admiral jerked himself back into consciousness of his surroundings . |
| 2 | Rincewind looked around wildly , and then with wild improvisation drew himself up into a wizardly pose . |
| 3 | Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane . |
| 4 | He had squeezed himself back into the side-car with his long legs stretched flat along the floor of the rectangular alloy box . |
| 5 | Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat . |
| 6 | His visual impressions have been fading without his knowing it , and with their reactivation stale information has suddenly sorted itself out into a new and firm pattern . |
| 7 | GEC , under the guidance of Lord Weinstock , built itself up into the largest manufacturing employer in the UK , producing a wide range of products from telecommunications to defence electronics . |
| 8 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
| 9 | As she let herself out into the garden through the kitchen door , she gave a small shiver that had absolutely nothing to do with the autumnal chill in the air . |
| 10 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 11 | She had been tricking herself earlier into thinking that he did , that their friendship was nearly as important to him as it was to her , but seeing him in the garden with Marise tonight , and hearing about his marriage , unhappy though it had been , had made her realise that friendship was never as important as passion — at least , she was sure , not to a man . |
| 12 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 13 | I am always happy to work myself up into a great cultural stew , given half the chance . |
| 14 | Defending champions Denbigh moved themselves menacingly into second place by crushing Craig-y-Don 9–1 in the biggest win of the week , but Sunny Rhyl lost ground in a shock 7–3 tumble at lowly Min-y-Don Park . |
| 15 | Some plasmids are capable of splicing themselves seamlessly into a chromosome . |
| 16 | ‘ Winding yourself up into blind hysteria ? ’ he asked sharply . |
| 17 | The fact that I can take pleasure in each day as it comes , that I do n't churn myself up into a state of hyperactive neuroticism ? ’ |
| 18 | The foot is reduced to a protrusion that they use to pull themselves down into the sand . |
| 19 | However , Liverpool began to pull themselves back into the game , and in the 68th minute Bobby Mimms had to push Ian Rush 's close-range header off the line . |
| 20 | The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth |
| 21 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 22 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |
| 23 | Cashman lowered himself heavily into a chair and sat with his face buried in his hands . |
| 24 | His feet sank into a carpet whose blues and creams evoked a summer sky and , at Vigo 's behest , he lowered himself uneasily into a chair with a yellow satin seat and legs of rearing dragons . |
| 25 | Roman lowered himself casually into his large executive swivel-chair behind his desk , and directed a dispassionate , shuttered gaze across the neat expanse of tooled dark green leather . |
| 26 | After leaving the band , Phillips plunged himself headlong into studying music … |
| 27 | Suddenly , from the top of the bank , Buckthorn flung himself headlong into the scuffle , knocked one of the guards flying with a kick from his back legs and then closed with the other . |
| 28 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 29 | Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’ |
| 30 | Thank goodness your boss has turned himself back into a wardrobe … |