Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxiously , they waited as Delaney 's black figure lowered itself into the fog , and was lost , bit by bit , from view , suggesting a primordial creature descending into a tropical , mist-covered swamp . |
| 2 | Bernice lowered herself into the hole . |
| 3 | Georgina plumped herself into the visitor 's chair . |
| 4 | Utopia projected itself into the future instead . |
| 5 | When the large chromium headlamps of the Citron were only five feet from them , the first boy flung himself into the roadside ditch and let out a yell of triumph as he tumbled into the filthy water . |
| 6 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 7 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 8 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 9 | Isabel asked herself as fitzAlan swung himself into the saddle behind her . |
| 10 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 11 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 12 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 13 | Rita let herself into the house with the Yale . |
| 14 | The Irishman swung himself into the saddle , then followed Sharpe in the footsteps of the Highlanders . |
| 15 | An approaching wooden wall resolved itself into the form of a small boat , in which Richmann sat , with another man using the oars to hold position . |
| 16 | Far out in the blue bay , a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy , from which , at intervals , three other figures hurled themselves into the water . |
| 17 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 18 | Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer . |
| 19 | Claudia threw herself into the rehearsal for the show , trying to conquer her nerves by sheer will-power . |
| 20 | The Captain swung himself into the jeep . |
| 21 | As well as updating its RISC System/6000 series with new machines designed specifically for commercial , technical and parallel computing markets ( UX No 420 ) , the company last week pitched itself into the thick of the Unix workstation price war with the introduction of a sub-$4,000 offering . |
| 22 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 23 | Jay wrenched herself into the present . |
| 24 | Ma heaved herself into the armchair . |
| 25 | The truth is that the social sciences reflected the pre-conceptions and problems of bourgeois liberalism in its classic form , which was not found in Germany , where bourgeois society inserted itself into the Bismarckian framework of aristocrats and bureaucrats . |
| 26 | And above their heads the monitors showed captions rolling , and the faint tinny music entwined itself into the noise , and the screens blacked . |
| 27 | After giving up her interior decoration business two years ago , Sally threw herself into the couple 's current venture , Harry Hares , a brasserie in Cirencester specialising in English food . |
| 28 | Hoover threw himself into the campaign . |
| 29 | Woil stared around him and then suddenly with a push of his wings raised himself into the air , turned , and landed ten feet away on the back of a green bench . |
| 30 | Stifling the pang of uncivilised jealousy that shot through her at that thought , Folly eased herself into the driver 's seat and slammed the door . |