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 . |