Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 3 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Lord Deverill called as he swung himself effortlessly into the saddle . |
| 6 | He gripped the side of a curved triangular plate which was fitted to the wall , and began to manoeuvre himself further into the shaft . |
| 7 | Despite our beliefs , pain has undermined his strength , he is not undefeatable , God has had his way , if he ever lost it , and Satan has not just fallen , from Heaven to Hell , but has buried himself further into the pit , he has fallen further in trying , once again , to achieve greater height than he deserved . |
| 8 | In the winter of 1945–6 , when he took himself off into the mountains on spiritual retreat , he wrote to one of the United States Army 's cultural attachés with whom he later became great friends : |
| 9 | The judge swung himself calmly into the saddle and the mare stood without moving whilst he adjusted his stirrups . |
| 10 | He worked himself up into the kind of rage that leads to unforgivable things being said . |
| 11 | So , in JUST LIKE A WOMAN ( Cert 15 ; General ) , it 's a bit of a relief when Gerald ( Adrian Pasdar ) finally admits he gets his kicks out of dressing as a woman — and proves the point by making himself up into the gorgeous Geraldine in front of her . |
| 12 | Denis did n't remember what happened to the bowler hat after the old man had laboured to haul himself up into the cart and , in response to a wave of the gun , had carefully stretched himself out on its messy floor . |
| 13 | Rincewind , coiling himself like a spring , gave a standing jump and grasped a beam , swinging himself up into the relative safety of the roof with a strength that amazed him . |
| 14 | He had squeezed himself back into the side-car with his long legs stretched flat along the floor of the rectangular alloy box . |
| 15 | BILLIONAIRE Ross Perot last night threw himself back into the race to become US President . |
| 16 | He drank too much and was usually overweight but , to his credit , had dragged himself back into the top thirty on the circuit in the last couple of years . |
| 17 | To say I forcibly removed him in a headlock because he was ‘ In five short minutes , playing himself back into the job of Athletico manager ’ , is not only true but also likely to get this fanzine banned within a fifteen-mile radius of ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 18 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 19 | The remark was enough to tell her that he had kissed her brow , and that he was firmly hauling himself back into the anti-female attitude which would give him security from involvement with a woman . |
| 20 | Martin pressed himself back into the burial plot , his fear of it temporarily forgotten in the face of this new terror . |
| 21 | Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane . |
| 22 | In desperation , he gave one last , vicious backward kick and launched himself out into the dark . |
| 23 | Filled with shock of a kind that had not been with him since the actor-manager 's first refusal , Paul took himself out into the snow . |
| 24 | Let it ring — what do I care ? thought Dyson , as he hurled himself out into the hall to catch it before it stopped ringing . |
| 25 | Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By an effort of courage against all instinct , Hazel forced himself forward into the gap , with Fiver following . |
| 28 | The state-controlled television threw itself vigorously into the fray . |
| 29 | The modern obsession with the tube — that evanescent twist of the wave as it curls itself up into the form of a vagina to lure in unwary youths like bees into the mouths of flowers — perpetuates the equation of surfing and sex . |
| 30 | 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 . |