Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] into [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies .
2 He thought later — ‘ When I could think , ’ he said — that it was as if the soul knew that it must surrender itself into the Lad 's hands , to do with as he wished .
3 And the nuclear industry could n't always buy itself into the media .
4 But he was n't very good , and even to please her ( which was his only motive for practising ) he could not make himself into a musician .
5 He should think himself into the position of the other person , whether in-house or customer , and try to anticipate his approach and reactions .
6 In this case we must reconstitute ourselves into a court of appeal and go through all the evidence afresh .
7 It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science .
8 Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream .
9 Here are people who quite blatantly do n't give a f— for social pleasantries , leastways not when they can lock themselves into a groove and cunningly misplace the key .
10 This state of mind will transmit itself into the drawing and so give it life .
11 This state of mind will transmit itself into the drawing and so give it life .
12 Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy .
13 Then he would see the glitter transform itself into a body of fully armed horsemen thundering down to cut his army in half , just ahead of the three driving wedges .
14 She would look all right and would throw herself into the dancing with undisciplined enthusiasm .
15 She must hone herself into the likeness of her beloved stiletto .
16 If a piece of ordinary glass is heated over a gas flame , it softens easily , and eventually the heated part will gather itself into a drop and fall to the ground .
17 Without that South African link , Zimbabwe 's rugby , and even that of Namibia , should they shun their former ‘ ruler ’ for long , would only drag itself into the doldrums .
18 But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares .
19 ‘ So you can drink yourself into a stupor ? ’
20 ‘ We 'll let ourselves into the corridor from Puddephat 's rooms , ’ Geoffrey replied .
21 Touch a planarian firmly with a glass rod and it will curl itself into a ball — its normal response to a threatening situation .
22 But repeat the procedure often enough and the response will diminish and eventually the animal will no longer curl itself into a ball when touched — as if it had become accustomed to the stimulus and no longer regarded it as dangerous .
23 She would let herself into the flat and be waiting for Rachaela behind her screen .
24 With the stickback style , however , it is only necessary to curve the top piece ; the sticks would then position themselves into a curve , even from a straight base .
25 I mean , do n't get yourself into a state over it , or issue any rash ultimatums or anything . "
26 ‘ You had better get yourself into the washhouse and clean yourself up , ’ she said , ‘ I am going round to the Post Office and let Sid Watkins know . ’
27 But do n't drive yourself into the ground .
28 Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle .
29 Said Keegan : ‘ I 've told the lads they can write themselves into the record books .
30 Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty .
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