Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Cashman lowered himself heavily into a chair and sat with his face buried in his hands . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After leaving the band , Phillips plunged himself headlong into studying music … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Johnson threw himself unsparingly into his daily tasks , whether celebrating divine service , catechizing , marrying , baptizing , burying , or attending frequent executions . |
| 9 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
| 10 | But their pleas fell on deaf ears , as Mr Major dug himself deep into his bunker and pretended the sterling crisis had never happened . |
| 11 | The state-controlled television threw itself vigorously into the fray . |
| 12 | Accepting enthusiastically the school 's principles of unsectarianism , coeducation up to the age of eleven , mixing middle- and artisan-class children , and making lessons short and pleasurable , she threw herself wholeheartedly into the teaching until forced to resign through ill health . |
| 13 | Robyn threw herself enthusiastically into the struggle , on the radical side naturally . |
| 14 | Both he and Wilson threw themselves enthusiastically into recruiting , for which the latter was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1917 . |
| 15 | Indeed , many of them experienced agonies of self-doubt ; all too aware of their inadequacies as Christians , they threw themselves headlong into acts of piety and charity in order to prove to themselves that they really were God 's elect . |
| 16 | The four children invented imaginary countries and characters and threw themselves fiercely into it . |
| 17 | Lord Deverill called as he swung himself effortlessly into the saddle . |
| 18 | The judge swung himself calmly into the saddle and the mare stood without moving whilst he adjusted his stirrups . |
| 19 | As bedtime approached , Léonie tidied herself away into a corner . |
| 20 | And at that point his voice faded as Belinda got herself safely into the passage and out of earshot at last . |
| 21 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 22 | Mary gave one horrified glance at it , then flung herself madly into the ditch at the side of the lane . |
| 23 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 24 | She lowered herself carefully into her reclining chair . |
| 25 | After a triumphant journey of 30-odd feet , unfortunately executed backwards , Julia propelled herself neatly into the nearest restaurant and ordered an early rösti . |
| 26 | He bowed himself forward into his arms and hid his face . |
| 27 | But her eye caught her bedside alarm clock and she pulled herself properly into wakefulness . |
| 28 | It sorted itself naturally into three piles : junk mail , bills and Ya-Ya letters of condolence . |
| 29 | Emilia stared at him with Medusa 's eyes a moment then eased herself further into the bed where she lay gripping the coverlet with white fingers . |
| 30 | Whereas previously their contribution had been submerged beneath the power of the front pair , on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ they brought themselves fully into the fray , skilfully powering the music into the subconscious . |