Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pn reflx] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 2 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 3 | And that curtain went from the window right across the room and pinned itself into the piano , pinned the curtains into the piano . |
| 4 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 5 | Pickets broke through the police lines and flung themselves into the road in an attempt to stop the vehicles . |
| 6 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
| 7 | Once again they turned their backs on the God who had brought them out of Egypt , and threw themselves into the arms of another . |
| 8 | Half running , half walking , they fled through the back garden , narrowly missing the Anderson , and threw themselves into the passage-way , the leaves swirling in after them . |
| 9 | I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules . |
| 10 | Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava . |
| 11 | He made a dash for the big front door and threw himself into the gloomy chill of the hall . |
| 12 | As the god made no response Aenarion kept his promise and threw himself into the raging , white-hot inferno . |
| 13 | Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat . |
| 14 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 15 | Miles crossed decisively to the starpod , unsealed the hatch and swung himself into the cabin , smiling as it snuggled shut behind him with a soft pneumatic wheeze . |
| 16 | He put a foot to the stirrup and swung himself into the saddle . |
| 17 | He turned away and swung himself into the saddle of the horse that Bravd was holding . |
| 18 | Shelley took the medical bag and swung herself into the jeep . |
| 19 | Rain grabbed the doors and thrust herself into the lift . |
| 20 | I ran forward and dashed myself into the water with a skimming dive . |
| 21 | Its talons whipped out and embedded themselves into the boy 's skull , using the emptied eye sockets as a means of entry and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes against the dimness , saw that the talons were in fact hollow tubes , thin transparent bones . |
| 22 | Trent passed it up along with his weightbelt , slipped off his flippers and mask , dropped them over the taffrail and pulled himself into the cockpit . |
| 23 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 24 | Harry withdrew inch by inch along the dim passageway to the end , where he could have the wall on two sides of him , and flattened himself into the last shallow embrasure , beneath the last curved corbel . |
| 25 | Out in the car park , Lucy handed over the car keys to Virginia and wedged herself into the passenger-seat , glancing rather apprehensively at Virginia as they accelerated slightly too fast out of the car park . |
| 26 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 27 | I wanted to make certain I was leaving the jeep with Kaptan — I wanted to establish my connection with the family , give a hint of trouble I could solve ( without making it look like a threat ) , and put myself into the frame without a hint of asserting myself . |
| 28 | Daak turned and hoisted himself into the speeder 's cockpit . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I felt I was going mad last night , so I wrote and wrote and wrote myself into the other world . |