Example sentences of "[pron] into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The important thing is to avoid the danger of talking ourselves into a sense of almost terminal gloom .
2 In this case we must reconstitute ourselves into a court of appeal and go through all the evidence afresh .
3 ‘ We have dug ourselves into a hole .
4 ‘ Then we got ourselves into a winning position only for carelessness to force us to go back to their place for a replay . ’
5 ‘ Derrick and I went to Blackpool and booked ourselves into a hotel , ’ she recalls .
6 Forming ourselves into a studio group for the purpose of the East End Open Studios meant tracking down over 55 possible participants , with tips from neighbours , friends and even the local milkman as to where they might be found !
7 parenthood , for example yo before the capabilities of reproductive technology became available nobody sat down and questioned whether we had a right to have children or not , whether it was a responsibility , a right or whatever , I mean it 's it 's very ironic that we 've actually thrown ourselves into a realm where we have to consider all these fundamental things about human behaviour and human nature
8 We have got ourselves into a rut
9 It looked as if we had painted ourselves into a corner and I was on the verge of giving up and going home when Jake trundled up with his totter 's cart and his little skewbald pony .
10 It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies .
11 We had managed to squash ourselves into a corner table with two pints of strong winter-warmer beer .
12 So are we saying Mr Chairman that , we er launch ourselves into an adventure like an assessment without actually having an idea of the cost ?
13 ‘ We 'll let ourselves into the corridor from Puddephat 's rooms , ’ Geoffrey replied .
14 Get ourselves into the presence of the lord .
15 shown ourselves into the river .
16 ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign .
17 We may even do this through becoming ill , working ourselves into the ground or suppressing our own needs in order to care for others .
18 Whilst I 'm thinking of that notice the way I into the middle of the plate .
19 Anyway it would have been foolish to force someone into a life so demanding .
20 Of course , the easiest thing to do would have been to change someone into a frog or snail or some other small creature which could easily be kept hidden in a box until she returned .
21 Stephen , a softly spoken Mike Tyson lookalike , had kicked someone into a coma , Michelle was serving an indefinite life sentence for torching her victim , Tony tried to blow up his father and Lizzie was in for armed robbery .
22 You had to bring someone into the business and they brought someone into the business and that was their form of selling .
23 You had to bring someone into the business and they brought someone into the business and that was their form of selling .
24 Y you know it 's it does n't take much to push someone into the situation where they 're prepared to take a big loan from a money lender , to try and clear all their other debts .
25 Norman pitched his into the heart of the green and had an outside chance for birdie .
26 Marshall smashed his racket against the wall , while an elated Nancarrow , who now meets top seed Jansher Khan , tossed his into the crowd .
27 It was silly to work himself into a state like this .
28 Hope had talked himself into a state of indignation .
29 He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish .
30 Moreover , by bringing man himself into a scheme of biological evolution , it abolished the sharp line between natural and human or social sciences .
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