Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [verb] into the " in BNC.

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1 He went to get up but his legs were numb from kneeling and he had to put his hand out to stop himself from tumbling into the water far below .
2 He only managed to save himself from falling into the sea by putting one foot on either side of the doorway .
3 He had managed to dislodge the noose from his neck and save himself by jumping into the freezing water below .
4 A computer manager sought by police for the murder of his wife and children apparently killed himself by walking into the sea .
5 Furious with him , and with herself for walking into the trap , Polly re-ran the conversation between the two men .
6 The lack of security of employment makes flexible working a kind of half-way house , and this half-way house contains a number of workers struggling to keep themselves from dropping into the abyss of the underclass .
7 However , ‘ players ’ do not confine themselves to releasing into the public domain ‘ required ’ publications .
8 The journey , by either route , is at least twelve thousand miles and the birds fly non-stop , sustaining themselves by diving into the sea for fish as they go .
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