Example sentences of "[verb] myself into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 2 | While the war continued I could ( almost ) fool myself into believing that I was like those other women who were merely separated from their men ‘ for the duration ’ — or , if not that , at least I felt that my life was suspended . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Naturally I was very keen to get back into cutter activities as soon as possible , but it was year before I managed to establish myself into cutter crewing duties once more . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's another fine mess I 've gotten myself into . |
| 6 | Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream . |
| 7 | But if that was the case and doctors told me I would have to stop drinking , I 'd like to think I 'd be brave enough to drink myself into the grave . |
| 8 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’ |
| 9 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 10 | I let myself into our corridor , soundlessly , and crept down the back stairs and out of the back door without hearing or seeing any member of the Home staff . |
| 11 | I went up the stone steps into the street , and let myself into the house . |
| 12 | I let myself into the cellar , locked the door behind me . |
| 13 | It was a nice flat with a good view and as I let myself into Stuart Street , I wished I could remember how to find it again . |
| 14 | ‘ Situations ’ , Elizabeth wrote , ‘ I have sometimes taken from life , as a jumping-off point : but imagining myself into another world , using the eyes of the people I am creating is what my writing has chiefly been about . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes I think I 'm invisible and I can pour myself into places like I 'm made of water . |
| 16 | So the ones I definitely know I 'm going to get appointments with , if I go and do that , I put myself into a comfort zone do n't I ? |
| 17 | My aim would be to fit myself into the game unobtrusively … |
| 18 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 19 | What have I got myself into , Bernice thought . |
| 20 | What had I got myself into ? |
| 21 | ‘ What have I got myself into ? ’ she wondered aloud . |
| 22 | I 'd got myself into a double bind , and there was no way out . ’ |
| 23 | I prefer to arrive in New York at night , to lower myself into the city gradually , like getting into a bathful of very hot water . |
| 24 | I discovered that time was money and threw myself into cleaning offices , restaurants and hospitals . |
| 25 | I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep . |
| 26 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 27 | I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules . |
| 28 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 29 | My girlfriend , after my eleven-month absence , had understandably left me , and it was in the company of my two still-faithful black cats that I threw myself into writing . |
| 30 | ‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’ |