Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is arguable that teacher expectations and behaviour could be creating an interactive process of low expectations , low achievements and black pupil resistance , although it is important to recognize that teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into self-fulfilling prophecies ( Short , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | By day Hayling would help organize the workers at Langley , and in the evenings he would throw himself into pressure-group work . |
| 3 | Harvey , who had the reputation of a coureur , would run himself into more trouble if he were not careful . |
| 4 | It was indeed a sad thing that in these days when the Church had enough enemies outside it should divide itself into hostile forces , because , he added aptly , forgetting the original subject of the quotation , a house divided against itself could not stand . |
| 5 | If it is denied or suppressed in some way , it will become a recurring experience , or it will convert itself into some other disorder of the body , emotion or behaviour . |
| 6 | The directors , in the example given previously , can not retrospectively convert themselves into secured creditors in respect of moneys which they have previously advanced without demanding security . |
| 7 | Government intention does not transform itself into public enterprise action in a mechanical and straightforward way . |
| 8 | ‘ Actually , I can fit myself into most surroundings , ’ Alain informed her . |
| 9 | When the Duke of Wellington was confronted by the realities of the steam locomotive he responded : ‘ I see no reason to suppose that these machines will ever force themselves into general use . ’ |
| 10 | AT&T should split itself into two separate companies , one to manufacture equipment , the other to provide telephone calls . |
| 11 | Besides being the sun 's foster-mother , Mokosh could foretell the future , and she could change herself into any form she pleased , bird or fish or snake of the swamp . |
| 12 | ‘ We have had a chat about what has gone wrong this summer and the upshot is Viv will get himself into real shape by playing more in the West Indies this winter . ’ |
| 13 | This ca n't be happening to me , Kate would never get herself into this sort of situation . |
| 14 | It does n't matter what you think , it 's what people round here think and I can tell you now that you could get yourself into serious trouble . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Now , Mr O'Malley , ’ the sergeant said sternly , ‘ I strongly advise you not to ; you 'll only get yourself into serious trouble . |
| 16 | ‘ How did you get yourself into this mess ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | " How in Christ 's name did you get yourself into this state ? " |
| 18 | People may put themselves into residential care if they wish they will pay the whole of the bill . |
| 19 | He had never seen Englishmen get themselves into such a state before ; they looked more like untouchables . |
| 20 | Legal : Family members may get themselves into legal difficulties by " covering-up " for the actions of primary sufferers . |
| 21 | ‘ If other people can get themselves into these situations , so can you . ’ |
| 22 | His suggestion that one is always ‘ at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other community , or to agree with others to begin a new one … in any part of the world , they can find free and unpossessed ’ has been ridiculed , and is even less plausible now than when he made it . |
| 23 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |