Example sentences of "[verb] himself into " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern , successful businessman . |
| 2 | ‘ It means ‘ he ground himself into me ’ , as it says in the book I bought at the airport . ’ |
| 3 | Miller jerked himself into some sort of alert state as they approached , smiling glassily . |
| 4 | Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable . |
| 5 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 6 | But as the Sure Style axe fell , one of its salesmen continued his pitch while a retired docker , Edward Donnelly , plugged himself into a lung machine for vital treatment . |
| 7 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 8 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 9 | He snaps and frets and worries himself into a frenzy . |
| 10 | How could he explain that only by emptying himself into a woman was there any relief ? |
| 11 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 12 | He stopped being a spectator and goaded himself into action . |
| 13 | Forster took up a position with his back to the bows , wedging himself into a corner as Delaney tried the ship 's telephone again , speaking slowly and deliberately . |
| 14 | Only towards Pen had she let her guard slip and that was because he himself claimed her as his own , rushing into his mother 's bedroom and hurling himself into Wilson 's arms . |
| 15 | Wexford let himself into his own house and the dog Clytemnestra galloped to meet him . |
| 16 | He let himself into one of the houses through the skylight and waited , hardly daring to breath , to see if he had been detected . |
| 17 | When he let himself into Helen 's flat , Nicola Hammond was alone in the living room , naked to the waist , her back to the door . |
| 18 | His mother was watching the weather forecast on television when he let himself into the house . |
| 19 | Corbett Farraday let himself into the moderately imposing Edwardian villa which he shared with his mother . |
| 20 | When Rory Collins let himself into the bungalow , his mother was still up . |
| 21 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 22 | It was silly to work himself into a state like this . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | A cousin of Frederick , the Elector Palatine , he was a physically feeble young man who by dint of self-discipline transformed himself into a vigorous soldier . |
| 25 | After the surgery , told to lose 50 pounds , he duly transformed himself into a jogging optimist . |
| 26 | Son of drunken Dic , son again of stern Philip the teacher , he transformed himself into an heroic king of England , and the theatrical court bowed the knee . |
| 27 | It was painful , beautiful and obscure , a not uncommon state of affairs when the creator also directs , gives a running commentary on the action and writes himself into the story at the end . |
| 28 | He levered himself into the seat nearest Milton and rested the frame nearby . |
| 29 | He moved himself into a reclining position , head against the padded headrest . |
| 30 | Somehow or other , the vicar got off stage , and disappeared behind the altar , perhaps off to hurl himself into the flames that would shortly be consuming Donald . |