Example sentences of "[pn reflx] into the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
2 | Now , Armani is Italy 's new Great Dictator but his genius is that , having handed down his basic dictate — that both women and men look their best in unstructured tailoring applied to traditional menswear fabrics — he has succeeded in turning himself into the Great Listener . |
3 | Strapping himself into the vacated chair , he entreated Rogal Dorn to guide him — then emptied his mind of all but titanic tech thoughts . |
4 | Darwin brought not only animals but man himself into the evolutionary scheme . |
5 | He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall . |
6 | Finally , in desperation , Aenarion offered himself , saying he would cast himself into the sacred fire if Asuryan would only save his people . |
7 | He can not manoeuvre himself into the correct position . |
8 | Quinn will work himself into the right mood for the game by listening to tapes of his favourite Beatles music beforehand — not that he needs too much extra motivation . |
9 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
10 | In the other match , Jonathan Speelman claimed a time-out , taking a break in order to think himself into the right frame of mind to fight his way back into the match . |
11 | He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’ |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Adjusting his trouser crew fastidiously Michael sat down again , settling himself into the over-upholstered chair . |
14 | He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it . |
15 | I thought it was a good analogy to how Manson had affected the country , how he had really wedged himself into the American family to the extent that he 's now on the country 's most popular TV show . |
16 | But the others evidently had not , or Rufus had not , walking jauntily and with swinging stride across the tarmac , his stethoscope bobbing up and down , letting himself into the main hospital block , Shiva later saw , by a door marked ‘ Private ’ , which he slammed behind him with a fine disregard for the notices exhorting all to silence . |
17 | ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | The problem for the marketing function of a potential supplier will eventually resolve itself into the specific issue of how to promote and sell the product to the Decision Making Unit . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | An oily film on top of her cafe au lait resolves itself into the faint image of a face . |
24 | It responds to this helpful adjustment by promptly inverting itself into the mock-dead posture . |
25 | This body was to turn itself into the Labour Party in 1906 . |
26 | GROUPE BULL , the French computer company , has launched itself into the personal computer market with the $635m acquisition of Zenith Computer Group of the US , writes Mary Fagan . |
27 | Although it hardly featured in the Report , the nature of lending in Sri Lanka , and its consequences in the first part of the twentieth century had burnt itself into the collective consciousness of many and clearly influenced the Commission . |
28 | So it 's re-inserted itself into the real world , you could say . |
29 | Unable to breakout of the academic circuit in the UK , the US arm manoeuvred itself into the military market , mopping up defence supercomputing contracts . |
30 | Now , it was reaching out , spiralling its essence down towards the wormhole in the fabric of the Dark , ready to feed itself into the earthly plane , to become one with the Vessel . |