Example sentences of "herself into [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt strangely restless , wanting to throw herself into every small task that awaited her throughout the house . |
| 2 | Or she zips herself into a black evening gown and she 's a sophisticated 30 year old . |
| 3 | After the high energy opening of ‘ The Locomotion ’ Kylie launched herself into a raunchy version of her second bit hit ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 4 | With a slight change of posture — a lift of the head , a straightening of the already straight back , that little proud look — she seemed to transform herself into a great lady of some kind . |
| 5 | Any whiff of scandal had evaporated , and she now threw herself into a hectic work schedule . |
| 6 | And she is using the 20th-Century surgeon 's art to turn herself into a living version of classical beauties painted by the Old Masters , from Greek goddesses to the Mona Lisa . |
| 7 | How Hillary turned herself into a presidential partner . |
| 8 | Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She had not stopped to think that she might be inserting herself into a social scene that she had walked away from when she had left home . |
| 11 | A MOTHER accused of trying to turn herself into a human fireball because she had been rejected by the boss she loved , wept yesterday as a jury acquitted her of attempted arson . |
| 12 | The memories persisted , until she had worked herself into a peevish bout of self-pity , which was not improved by her discovery when she reached home that Hank had not shovelled the snow off the front walk before leaving for school . |
| 13 | Josie reflected on how easily , with just a change of clothes and a few amateur touches , Lucy had managed to transform herself into a resurrected image of her own sister . |
| 14 | ‘ Does n't it disgust you to be lying around at home while your child works herself into an early grave ? ’ |
| 15 | Patrick did n't need to be a doctor to know that his mother was drinking herself into an early grave . |
| 16 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |
| 17 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 18 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 19 | Charlotte lowered herself into the nearest chair and watched Ursula lean slowly back against the window-sill , one hand grasping the edge tightly while the other held her cigarette . |
| 20 | But when it came to it , when she had to make the decision about leaving home for good , throwing herself into the wide world and trying her luck , she felt unhappy . |
| 21 | She launched herself into the tiny room , crouching , arms spread wide , ready to grab Gazzer if he made a dash for the door . |
| 22 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 23 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 24 | Robyn headed the jeep up the by now familiar track to the barn and tried to get herself into the right frame of mind . |
| 25 | When the other woman folded herself into the delicate embrace , she was shocked at how thin her friend had become . |
| 26 | Aided by her publicity adviser , Sir Gordon Reece , the mousy frump in sensible shoes and off-the-peg clothing transformed herself into the glamorous power-dresser , with coiffed blonde hair and capped teeth , who led President Mitterrand to slaver , ‘ She has the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe . ’ |
| 27 | And a decade later , when the term ‘ has-been ’ seemed almost an understatement , she not only gratefully accepted but gleefully flung herself into the high camp , Low Gothic shenanigans of Robert Aldrich 's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ? ( 1962 ) , in which , with a gloating relish that neither her baby-doll fright wig nor her impenetrable pancake make-up could conceal , she set about tormenting her immemorial screen rival and alter ego ( or egoist ) , Joan Crawford . |
| 28 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 29 | In fact , she thought , as she made her way through a section of the shop-floor and let herself into the occupational health centre , she did n't even know his name . |
| 30 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |