Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came to A Division and got himself into a lot of trouble through damn stupidity . |
| 2 | If we did n't get the damage repaired , we could end up with a blind ship and fly ourselves into a black hole . |
| 3 | He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern , successful businessman . |
| 4 | Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net . |
| 5 | He snaps and frets and worries himself into a frenzy . |
| 6 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Derrick and I went to Blackpool and booked ourselves into a hotel , ’ she recalls . |
| 8 | While the Greed Is Good League threatens to fall apart — and who cares ? — while England 's team is outplayed in Spain , cricket 's selectors drop David Gower and hurl themselves into a whirlpool of crazy contradictions . |
| 9 | They fell over each other to get to the door and tangled themselves into a knot of struggling limbs trying to get out of it . |
| 10 | Chris Wilkinson 's remarkable progress was curtailed in the quarter-finals by Chris Bailey who proceeded to displace last year 's circuit winner , the American Brian Joelson , in the semi-finals and ease himself into a confrontation with Bates the next day . |
| 11 | According to FMLN sources , the plan envisaged giving the guerrillas full administrative control over their zone in a " transitional period " , until peace talks produced a final accord which would allow them to disarm and convert themselves into a purely political movement . |
| 12 | He rushed in and threw himself into a chair . |
| 13 | He greeted them briskly and folded himself into a chair . |
| 14 | That 's why they are determined to triumph on Tuesday and lift themselves into a respectable position in Group Three from which the favourites to qualify are Spain , Denmark and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 15 | He groaned , and curled himself into a ball . |
| 16 | At the first waves of other-worldly congregational sound Lee swung her body away from the sight of these people and curled herself into a womb-like position , hugging her waist with her arms . |
| 17 | After I turned the engine off and opened the door , I found my legs had turned to blancmange and moulded themselves into a sitting position . |
| 18 | He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels . |
| 19 | Similarly bodies such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England , often depicted as the last refuge of ex-Etonian Guards officers and assorted upper-class cranks , was able to speak with a new confidence and a new authority , attract a new breed of membership and turn itself into a highly professional custodian of the English countryside . |
| 20 | In March 1836 a group of student members demanded that Vines be restored to the society , and formed themselves into a committee of management , upon which all the officers resigned . |
| 21 | But the residents resisted and formed themselves into a community association and negotiated with the council to save their homes . |
| 22 | The latest crop of large men with large guns thundered into the studio and formed themselves into a chaotic firing squad . |
| 23 | The " Balham Group " was expelled and formed itself into a Communist League . |
| 24 | In pure reaction from terror he broke down and wept himself into a deep , swooning sleep as soon as he was alone with his blessed candle ; but when he awoke strangely refreshed and heartened he had his wits again , and could reason about his escape . |
| 25 | Everyone got up on stage for the final encore and launched themselves into a shambolic but passionate rendering of ‘ Wild Thing ’ which involved a bit of hot action in the shape of LOX from Kingmaker snogging an alarmed PATRICK from the Kitchens during the chorus . |
| 26 | Les clearly liked the look of the place , took an immediate shine to the audience and launched himself into a neatly structured tirade on what makes tradition tick . |
| 27 | Singer tucked a leg underneath , put a hand to the floor , and pushed himself into a squat . |
| 28 | He watched as a homemaker , winging high , dropped its bundle of thin twigs and pushed itself into a steep dive to join the scramble . |
| 29 | How often d' you get the chance to watch the mindlessly rich eat and drink themselves into a stupor on behalf of Ethiopia ? ’ |