Example sentences of "themselves [adv] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defending champions Denbigh moved themselves menacingly into second place by crushing Craig-y-Don 9–1 in the biggest win of the week , but Sunny Rhyl lost ground in a shock 7–3 tumble at lowly Min-y-Don Park . |
| 2 | Some needed only to know that we existed — that was enough for them to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the gay life . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , many feminists did throw themselves wholeheartedly into the purity campaigns . |
| 4 | In the late 1640s Chidley and her son flung themselves wholeheartedly into London 's radical politics , when she emerged as a leader of Leveller women . |
| 5 | By following the policies of successive governments they have dug themselves deeper into debt ; they have no money to invest in new methods of husbandry , milk-bottling plants or sausage-making machines . |
| 6 | The four children invented imaginary countries and characters and threw themselves fiercely into it . |
| 7 | And , as a bonus , the pubs stay open so revellers can drink themselves merrily into the new year . |
| 8 | According to my constituent , simply applying for extra amounts in loans , either under the Government 's student loans scheme or from the bank , defeats the object , because the students then get themselves further into debt . |
| 9 | They had spilled halfway across the road , and although most of them shuffled quickly aside when they saw the car approaching , four boys gathered themselves quickly into a group and remained standing defiantly in its path . |
| 10 | Anxiety management training is about helping clients to understand what is going on , then teaching them skills to cope with anxiety , then encouraging them to put themselves deliberately into situations which create anxiety but with which they cope successfully . |
| 11 | Some plasmids are capable of splicing themselves seamlessly into a chromosome . |
| 12 | Both he and Wilson threw themselves enthusiastically into recruiting , for which the latter was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1917 . |
| 13 | Authorities as a whole divided themselves clearly into three groups ( see Table 19 ) : firstly , those who said that one person or a small specified group allocated the equivalent of a quarter of their time to training , secondly , those authorities who estimated a smaller amount of one person 's time ( normally 10–15% and most commonly Deputy or Assistant Chiefs ) and thirdly , those allocating largely nominal ( or no responsibility ) for training . |
| 14 | Indeed , many of them experienced agonies of self-doubt ; all too aware of their inadequacies as Christians , they threw themselves headlong into acts of piety and charity in order to prove to themselves that they really were God 's elect . |
| 15 | And up from the barbican of the castle , heaving the crowd aside by force on either hand as a plough turns the soil , came the clatter of hooves and a flurry of plumes , and resolved themselves presently into a posse of horsemen , breaking open a clear passage before them with staves , and thrusting the watching crowds back to the walls . |
| 16 | Leopards have been known to carry a kill half as heavy again as themselves high into the branches of a tree . |
| 17 | The withdrawal of earlier death has been so marked that today most English people will have no direct experience of the grief of bereavement until they lose their own parents , when they are themselves well into middle age . |
| 18 | First to take advantage of this were Les Nouveaux , who , because of Jane 's foolish undercharging , had plenty of money left to transform themselves overnight into Horsey People . |
| 19 | If they are to throw themselves fully into battle by land and sea , they can not wait for ever . |
| 20 | Whereas previously their contribution had been submerged beneath the power of the front pair , on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ they brought themselves fully into the fray , skilfully powering the music into the subconscious . |
| 21 | He and Catherine took their leave and crammed themselves again into the rickety lift . |
| 22 | Hope lay only in the possibility , the fairly strong possibility , that he was one of those who do not push themselves forward into police investigations unless directly called upon . |