Example sentences of "and [vb past] himself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 2 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |
| 3 | By the age of 35 he had become the youngest president of the largest and most prominent synagogue in Canada ; brilliantly engineered the merging of all the philanthropic societies of Montreal ( ‘ With a view to obtaining the greatest efficiency with the least possible expense and labour , ’ — surely his own life-principle next to his religious and familial devotions ) ; and placed himself in the forefront of the social and economic battles of the period . |
| 4 | He responded to an imperative summons with an ill grace , and presented himself in the drawing-room of Rose 's hired house in a mood of ill-concealed annoyance . |
| 5 | He then walked into a bedroom and shot himself in the chest . |
| 6 | Dougal sat in the armchair and wrapped himself in the duvet . |