Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] into [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 2 | On holiday at my parents ' house in Wales , I locked myself into the ground floor bathroom and swore that one day I would be a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion . |
| 3 | She could n't sleep , despite having walked herself into the ground that afternoon , among the sheep and the ferns and the wet grass . |
| 4 | Campese , scorer of a record 51 Test tries , the most recent against Ireland last weekend , had second thoughts about taking his World Cup winners ' medal into retirement , despite his claim that rugby players are running themselves into the ground . |
| 5 | ‘ In the end , however , Torpedo stole the game from us despite my players running themselves into the ground . |
| 6 | As individual developments , both directions were destined to run themselves into the ground . |
| 7 | But do n't drive yourself into the ground . |
| 8 | I 've already explained to you how I 've worked myself into the ground setting up the interview . |
| 9 | ‘ In the end , however , Torpedo stole the game from us despite the fact that my players ran themselves into the ground . |
| 10 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |
| 11 | They ran themselves into the ground , ran Chesterfield off the pitch , but they could n't get another goal . |
| 12 | We may even do this through becoming ill , working ourselves into the ground or suppressing our own needs in order to care for others . |
| 13 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |