Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let herself quietly into the house , and immediately heard the sound of voices coming from the living-room . |
| 2 | Some plasmids are capable of splicing themselves seamlessly into a chromosome . |
| 3 | Cashman lowered himself heavily into a chair and sat with his face buried in his hands . |
| 4 | His feet sank into a carpet whose blues and creams evoked a summer sky and , at Vigo 's behest , he lowered himself uneasily into a chair with a yellow satin seat and legs of rearing dragons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
| 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 | The state-controlled television threw itself vigorously into the fray . |
| 9 | Accepting enthusiastically the school 's principles of unsectarianism , coeducation up to the age of eleven , mixing middle- and artisan-class children , and making lessons short and pleasurable , she threw herself wholeheartedly into the teaching until forced to resign through ill health . |
| 10 | Robyn threw herself enthusiastically into the struggle , on the radical side naturally . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Lord Deverill called as he swung himself effortlessly into the saddle . |
| 13 | The judge swung himself calmly into the saddle and the mare stood without moving whilst he adjusted his stirrups . |
| 14 | As bedtime approached , Léonie tidied herself away into a corner . |
| 15 | And at that point his voice faded as Belinda got herself safely into the passage and out of earshot at last . |
| 16 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 17 | Mary gave one horrified glance at it , then flung herself madly into the ditch at the side of the lane . |
| 18 | Feeling less athletic , in fact weak and drained all over , she lowered herself slowly into the cool water . |
| 19 | ‘ You should see the other feller , ’ she said , easing herself gently into the passenger seat of his Aston Martin . |
| 20 | After a triumphant journey of 30-odd feet , unfortunately executed backwards , Julia propelled herself neatly into the nearest restaurant and ordered an early rösti . |
| 21 | All that was generally required of Gabriel was to point a finger , or spread his arms ; to stand up majestically , or fling himself forward into a flying harness high above the stage . |
| 22 | A group in the chaotic stage tries to overcome uncertainty and ambiguity by flinging itself headlong into the task in hand without giving enough , if any , attention to the process . |
| 23 | The re-emerged PSL criticized efforts by the ZSL ( which had taken part in government as a supporter of the PUWP ) to transform itself automatically into a new party of the same name , appealing to ZSL members to join the PSL instead . |
| 24 | Emilia stared at him with Medusa 's eyes a moment then eased herself further into the bed where she lay gripping the coverlet with white fingers . |
| 25 | It was like enlarging herself tenfold into a chill but resplendent vastness , like taking seisin of the night . |
| 26 | Whereas previously their contribution had been submerged beneath the power of the front pair , on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ they brought themselves fully into the fray , skilfully powering the music into the subconscious . |
| 27 | They had spilled halfway across the road , and although most of them shuffled quickly aside when they saw the car approaching , four boys gathered themselves quickly into a group and remained standing defiantly in its path . |
| 28 | And , as a bonus , the pubs stay open so revellers can drink themselves merrily into the new year . |
| 29 | He gripped the side of a curved triangular plate which was fitted to the wall , and began to manoeuvre himself further into the shaft . |
| 30 | George demanded , lowering himself carefully into a chair by Alexandra . |