But in a fight like this you revert to instinct.
John Cleese's Basil Fawlty desperately tries to be serious when he meets his German guests at Fawlty Towers, yet he cannot stop himself from reverting to the English instinct of black-humoured wordplay: "That's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Göring and four Colditz salads".
In a letter to Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Volcker, speaking on behalf of the group, warned that the four largest accounting firms aside from Arthur Andersen "have reverted to past instinct, joining hands to resist meaningful reform efforts".
José Mourinho has accused Luis Suárez of reverting to "wild" natural instincts by performing "an acrobatic swimming pool jump" in an attempt to win a late penalty, as Liverpool surrendered momentum in the title race to Chelsea.
Although formal training and regular practice have great benefits, you can uncover the mindful version of yourself by reverting to your childish instincts.
They're fine, though, reverting to their basic instincts: running around in packs fighting and fucking amidst a destroyed landscape, littered with buildings covered in flowers of explosions busted into walls, shattered glass, and minefields—human and animal shit everywhere.
They're fine, though, reverting to their basic instincts: running around in packs fighting and fucking amidst a bombed out landscape, littered with buildings covered in flowers of explosions busted into walls, shattered glass and minefields.
Only when the rationalizations became too great to bear did I revert to my instincts.
Perhaps because the men tasked with carrying out the attack would have to revert to primordial instincts.
The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in democracy from Eastern Europe to the Pacific — only to see the tide ebb as political leaders reverted to old instincts.
Film is slow and tedious, and television is so fast that you sort of revert to your instincts and the experience you've gained, and you go with your gut.
