Example sentences of "[pn reflx] into the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic .
2 This effectively means tying ourselves into the rigorous German system of controlling monetary policy and inflation which , in the postwar period , has meant that the Germans have enjoyed consistently lower interest rates that those prevailing in the UK .
3 Now , Armani is Italy 's new Great Dictator but his genius is that , having handed down his basic dictate — that both women and men look their best in unstructured tailoring applied to traditional menswear fabrics — he has succeeded in turning himself into the Great Listener .
4 Strapping himself into the vacated chair , he entreated Rogal Dorn to guide him — then emptied his mind of all but titanic tech thoughts .
5 Darwin brought not only animals but man himself into the evolutionary scheme .
6 Craig Chalmers must continue to bring his backs into the game rather than kick away possession or run himself into the thickest traffic .
7 He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall .
8 He decided to use the letter ; the editor of his gossip column astutely elected to buy himself into the good graces of Buckingham Palace by informing their Press Secretary .
9 Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable .
10 As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno .
11 Finally , in desperation , Aenarion offered himself , saying he would cast himself into the sacred fire if Asuryan would only save his people .
12 At 26 , then , young William Charles ( 'Call me Charles … ' ) had magically catapulted himself into the lower echelons of the Establishment — all achieved , we may suppose , with the help of a good head for business , a degree of energy and flamboyance and an ingratiating style with customers , especially ladies ?
13 He can not manoeuvre himself into the correct position .
14 In the other match , Jonathan Speelman claimed a time-out , taking a break in order to think himself into the right frame of mind to fight his way back into the match .
15 Quinn will work himself into the right mood for the game by listening to tapes of his favourite Beatles music beforehand — not that he needs too much extra motivation .
16 That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper .
17 ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person .
18 Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable .
19 He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’
20 There he flung himself into the local setting with characteristic abandon and commitment , participating in the daily round of village life with an eagerness and zest which he attributed partly to his Polish temperament ; there he established standards of meticulous and painstaking observation and inquiry which have been an inspiration to social anthropologists ever since .
21 Adjusting his trouser crew fastidiously Michael sat down again , settling himself into the over-upholstered chair .
22 He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it .
23 Harry withdrew inch by inch along the dim passageway to the end , where he could have the wall on two sides of him , and flattened himself into the last shallow embrasure , beneath the last curved corbel .
24 I thought it was a good analogy to how Manson had affected the country , how he had really wedged himself into the American family to the extent that he 's now on the country 's most popular TV show .
25 At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee .
26 But the others evidently had not , or Rufus had not , walking jauntily and with swinging stride across the tarmac , his stethoscope bobbing up and down , letting himself into the main hospital block , Shiva later saw , by a door marked ‘ Private ’ , which he slammed behind him with a fine disregard for the notices exhorting all to silence .
27 ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years .
28 He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president .
29 An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk .
30 Winton duly threw himself into the muddled affairs of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia , a group of diverse personalities whose good intentions far outstretched their capacity to offer constructive help .
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