Example sentences of "[vb pp] himself into [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I could sense the Colonel had got himself into a capricious and dangerous mood .
3 He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity .
4 On a polyglot diet of great classics the bookworm might have gorged himself into a mere know-all , not into a writer capable of winning , and deserving , numerous prizes , including a Nobel .
5 ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years .
6 He had brooded himself into a black dwam , and when the door opened again he started violently and spilled the last of the milk on his legs .
7 At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee .
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