Example sentences of "[verb] themselves [adv] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A huge amount of political and industrial restructuring will have to take place as the east European states shake themselves down into the national structures that most suit their individual aspirations . |
| 2 | My uncle in the evening had read aloud something where the line was quoted The child is father to the man and these words insinuated themselves not into the stony ground and thistles of my mind but into the dark rich soil that brings forth a hundred fold . |
| 3 | But Liverpool , desperate to reorganise themselves back into a title-chasing outfit , wanted the smooth-passing Clough for a vital role in midfield . |
| 4 | And , as a bonus , the pubs stay open so revellers can drink themselves merrily into the new year . |
| 5 | Normally , financial troubles and scandals around money visit players late in their lives , when their playing days are over and they are rehabilitating themselves back into the real world . |
| 6 | He and Catherine took their leave and crammed themselves again into the rickety lift . |
| 7 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |