Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |
| 2 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 3 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 4 | The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions . |
| 5 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 6 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 7 | Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard . |
| 8 | Sometimes children like to list the names of the members of their family and in this way we can help them to count how many there are , and help them to remember to include themselves in the count ! |
| 9 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 10 | You can vanish , fleet as the wind , and contrive to lock yourself in the bog . |
| 11 | I gathered my courage , and turned , prepared to look myself in the face . |
| 12 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 13 | The EC Monitor Mission ( ECMM ) had decided to base itself in the RSK town of Knin , having withdrawn from Sarajevo in May . |
| 14 | That regional neglect has fuelled a feeling in many regions that perhaps they should be empowered to assist themselves in the face of an unsympathetic central Government . |
| 15 | And I always seem to poke myself in the eye with mascara . ’ |
| 16 | Such a figure tends to replicate itself in the relationships and practices in which children engage in later life . |
| 17 | The collaborators can be used to play themselves in the drama . |
| 18 | This involves attempting to put yourself in the consumer 's shoes so as to identify with their hopes and expectations and finding ways of meeting these . |
| 19 | And these final comments , addressed over the child 's death , seem to justify themselves in the sense that the playwright is speaking not only from experience , but for all the parents who dread that this might happen to them . |
| 20 | There is however now some evidence that Select Committees would like to interest themselves in the Committee system and may be seeking to erode the present convention . |
| 21 | This will also apply where the child intends to represent himself in the proceedings and is capable of doing so . |
| 22 | She took up the beautiful veil you bought me , put it on her own head , then turned to admire herself in the mirror . |
| 23 | The British , perhaps because they are jealous of the splendour at Versailles , are fond of recounting how the courtiers used to relieve themselves in the passageways . |
| 24 | James realised he was going to have to live with a monster when he began to immerse himself in the part of Sir Clifford . |
| 25 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 26 | For a fleeting instant she felt as though she had woken to find herself in the lair of a dangerous wild animal . |
| 27 | Yet when Labour 's prospects are rosiest , it always seems to shoot itself in the foot . |
| 28 | I think it is simply very frightening , having to inject yourself in the leg , especially with old traditional needles . |
| 29 | Secondly , the purchaser will wish to protect itself in the sale agreement against any risks which it was unable to identify during the negotiations but which are discovered after completion and to ensure it is compensated against these by the vendor . |
| 30 | ‘ At least you wo n't have to hate yourself in the morning , will you ? ’ she said acidly . |