Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 3 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
| 8 | He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall . |
| 9 | As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She threw herself into the literary and social life of Cambridge . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Why the Romans threw themselves into the difficult business of absorbing the culture of one foreign nation just when they were involved in exhausting wars with another foreign nation , remains one of those puzzles which characterize nations in their most inscrutable and decisive hours . |
| 14 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 15 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 18 | Léonie thrust herself into the musty blackness behind the barrel , found an arm , two arms , pulled . |
| 19 | And a decade later , when the term ‘ has-been ’ seemed almost an understatement , she not only gratefully accepted but gleefully flung herself into the high camp , Low Gothic shenanigans of Robert Aldrich 's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ? ( 1962 ) , in which , with a gloating relish that neither her baby-doll fright wig nor her impenetrable pancake make-up could conceal , she set about tormenting her immemorial screen rival and alter ego ( or egoist ) , Joan Crawford . |
| 20 | Whether or not they were former members of Big Flame , the International Marxist Group , or any of the other sects which now dissolved themselves into the Labour Party , the Right-Ons ' most effective weapon was an endless capacity to attend even the most obscure meetings . |
| 21 | Unable to breakout of the academic circuit in the UK , the US arm manoeuvred itself into the military market , mopping up defence supercomputing contracts . |
| 22 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 23 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 26 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 27 | She launched herself into the tiny room , crouching , arms spread wide , ready to grab Gazzer if he made a dash for the door . |
| 28 | I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world . |
| 29 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 30 | Even through his distress , Francis Morgan was obviously struck by Catherine Crane 's looks and as the party distributed itself into the big Land Rover he managed to sit next to her . |