Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable . |
| 2 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 3 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 4 | The fourth man had abandoned their horses to his wounded companion and was launching himself into the fray . |
| 5 | His mother was watching the weather forecast on television when he let himself into the house . |
| 6 | Corbett Farraday let himself into the moderately imposing Edwardian villa which he shared with his mother . |
| 7 | When Rory Collins let himself into the bungalow , his mother was still up . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He levered himself into the seat nearest Milton and rested the frame nearby . |
| 12 | A hand launching itself into the air |
| 13 | Yet all that feeling , all that energy , discharged itself into the void so long as it did not flow down one of the channels that made the great wheels turn — in Edinburgh , in London and Paris . |
| 14 | He thought later — ‘ When I could think , ’ he said — that it was as if the soul knew that it must surrender itself into the Lad 's hands , to do with as he wished . |
| 15 | And the nuclear industry could n't always buy itself into the media . |
| 16 | BRITAIN 'S biotechnology company , Celltech , is making a pitch at a £2000 million market to pull itself into the black . |
| 17 | You watch it peel itself into the sea . |
| 18 | Rita let herself into the house with the Yale . |
| 19 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 20 | She let herself into the kitchen , where young Joe Burns had asked about her . |
| 21 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 22 | She let herself into the kitchen and sank into a chair before the fire that urgently needed mending . |
| 23 | The girl was carrying a latchkey ; she let herself into the cabin . |
| 24 | She let herself into the house , and made herself a cup of tea . |
| 25 | She let herself into the comfort and glow of the solar to hear her father 's querulous voice complaining , in terms in which surely he himself did not believe : ‘ My mind misdoubts me we have done wrong to have any part in this . |
| 26 | There was no one about when she let herself into the house , and thankfully she went quietly up to her room . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Of course not , ’ Flavia said , trying to pull herself into the present . |
| 29 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 30 | Roxie drew herself into the corner as if she wanted to get as far away from them as she could . |