Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we did n't get the damage repaired , we could end up with a blind ship and fly ourselves into a black hole . |
| 2 | He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern , successful businessman . |
| 3 | Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net . |
| 4 | Chris Wilkinson 's remarkable progress was curtailed in the quarter-finals by Chris Bailey who proceeded to displace last year 's circuit winner , the American Brian Joelson , in the semi-finals and ease himself into a confrontation with Bates the next day . |
| 5 | While the Greed Is Good League threatens to fall apart — and who cares ? — while England 's team is outplayed in Spain , cricket 's selectors drop David Gower and hurl themselves into a whirlpool of crazy contradictions . |
| 6 | So the ones I definitely know I 'm going to get appointments with , if I go and do that , I put myself into a comfort zone do n't I ? |
| 7 | There the wee man goes and spoils it all by sayin' he 's not an ice man and if we get ourselves into a really bad pressure ridge he could n't say fur sure what would happen . |
| 8 | Maybe lull himself into a little sleep . |
| 9 | What they could find room to laugh at , however , was the way in which respectable England could ignore the realities of slum life for so many years , while showering the Empire with the benefits of Christianity and imperial wars , and then get itself into a respectable lather in such a short time about a few broken heads among rough lads . |
| 10 | That 's why they are determined to triumph on Tuesday and lift themselves into a respectable position in Group Three from which the favourites to qualify are Spain , Denmark and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 11 | Erm and and you get yourself into a into a hole . |
| 12 | Now what I was thinking was erm you know , what I wondered was , shall we do er a circular game and , get yourselves into a circle quickly |
| 13 | I lower myself into a contained eddy of water and lean back against a seat of rounded stone . |
| 14 | I lower myself into a firewood chair , placing the legs carefully on solid planks of floorboard . |
| 15 | Similarly bodies such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England , often depicted as the last refuge of ex-Etonian Guards officers and assorted upper-class cranks , was able to speak with a new confidence and a new authority , attract a new breed of membership and turn itself into a highly professional custodian of the English countryside . |
| 16 | Turn yourself into a natural beauty this summer by adopting a good skin care routine now with the help of Sensiq . |
| 17 | turn yourself into a monk |
| 18 | One could either leave the sliding door open and see the world go by down the corridor , or close oneself into a private cocoon ; and at night , one 's bed descended from the ceiling and on to the seat of the facilities which effectively put them out of use . |
| 19 | She felt Jackie Tiptoe 's breath on her cheek and heard his whisper , ‘ Do n't fight , do n't think , make yourself into a machine , it 's the only way . ’ |
| 20 | For those who sell themselves into a like dominion , paying down the price of their own honour , and throwing their soul into the balance to sink the scale to the level of their lusts , must win deliverance hardly . |
| 21 | We all know that parachutes form themselves into a hemispherical shape as they fill with air ; but , for simplicity , it is better if we follow Hugh 's example and assume that we are dealing with a flat disc . |
| 22 | 1 The chief characteristic of society is that it is " open " and made up of many interests that freely and automatically form themselves into a whole variety of groups . |
| 23 | And as Laz reached the lift , this very same reader now observed the Repo Men form themselves into a firing line and cock their weapons noisily . |
| 24 | There , they presumably drink themselves into a stupor on black PVC bar stools before the coach comes and takes them somewhere even worse , like Aviemore . |
| 25 | How often d' you get the chance to watch the mindlessly rich eat and drink themselves into a stupor on behalf of Ethiopia ? ’ |