Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was some of the lore Creggan remembered and he found himself whispering aloud in the night … |
| 2 | They came for glory and found themselves huddled together in the smallest of Whalley Range bedsits . |
| 3 | A family which has organized itself to run smoothly in the absence of one member must repeatedly adapt to incorporate the absent member when he or she returns home . |
| 4 | He could see himself floundering across in the moonlight , exposed , a struggling dark blot against the shining whiteness . |
| 5 | Natural selection is all about the differential success of rival DNA in getting itself transmitted vertically in the species archives . |
| 6 | Nails gritted his teeth and willed himself to stay squarely in the saddle . |
| 7 | Recently he has found himself working late in the office , unpaid overtime , trying to get the damned thing right . |
| 8 | ‘ Instead I find myself acting also in the capacity of lady 's maid and sick-nurse , for neither of which occupations have I the least experience . |
| 9 | Small wonder that industry feels itself to suffer unfairly in the competition for talent . |