Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other opposition has been ad hoc and in some areas , such as Inishturk , has not formalized itself into an organization . |
| 2 | The TPLF has recently transformed itself into the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Movement to give itself more national credibility , but its core remains the Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray , whose political model seems closest to the late Enver Hoxha 's Albania . |
| 3 | Briefly she wondered whether he 'd already drunk himself into oblivion and was lying in a paralytic stupor on the hearthrug while saucepans boiled dry on the stove and vegetables burned to a crisp . |
| 4 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 5 | I even saw one video of a council meeting where an irate councillor , having virtually dug himself into a trench in an attempt to protect his interests in the face of strategic questioning by the YCCC , actually lost his cool and demanded that an old man who was tape-recording the meeting should either stop recording or get out ! |
| 6 | It seems to have finally resolved itself into an increased interest in practical deterrence and street-level prevention programmes . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Isabel Marshall had been added at the age of fourteen , when her gawky , bony clumsiness had suddenly transformed itself into dazzling beauty , and Clara , her especial friend , was added a year later when her breasts grew . |
| 9 | They 've just painted themselves into a corner . |
| 10 | You 've just forced yourself into a cab , which is going down a London street at eight o'clock at night . ’ |
| 11 | When the door had opened to admit her , the waiting tension still gnawing at him had finally transformed itself into swift action , and he 'd been too busy quitting the bed and judging the right moment to attack to identify the intruder . |
| 12 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |
| 13 | Butler had also thrown herself into similar work in Liverpool in the 1860s , setting up an industrial home for working-class girls . |
| 14 | They had also put themselves into the role of mediators , if anyone wanted to use them . |
| 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 | Peter had simply got himself into difficulties . |
| 17 | At 26 , then , young William Charles ( 'Call me Charles … ' ) had magically catapulted himself into the lower echelons of the Establishment — all achieved , we may suppose , with the help of a good head for business , a degree of energy and flamboyance and an ingratiating style with customers , especially ladies ? |
| 18 | parenthood , for example yo before the capabilities of reproductive technology became available nobody sat down and questioned whether we had a right to have children or not , whether it was a responsibility , a right or whatever , I mean it 's it 's very ironic that we 've actually thrown ourselves into a realm where we have to consider all these fundamental things about human behaviour and human nature |
| 19 | Many of those who voted against Mr Yeltsin in Congress last week have probably deceived themselves into thinking that the hands of the clock can be put back . |
| 20 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |