Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also found ourselves together in the middle of the LA riots — two days of mayhem without a cop in sight — so I guess that brought us closer together ! |
| 2 | It was no doubt in part at least to consolidate himself dynastically in the face of the threat posed by Oswine that Oswiu married Eanflaed , daughter of Eadwine and Aethelburh , and therefore of part-Deiran , part-Kentish extraction , c. 644 ( her son , Ecgfrith , was in his fortieth year in 685 ) ( HE 111 , 15 ) . |
| 3 | In the same year , the tsar involved himself personally in the foundation of the reformist journal Military Miscellany . |
| 4 | A further contrast , as I have indicated , may be drawn between the political systems of ‘ developed ’ and ‘ underdeveloped ’ societies , often in terms of the instability of the latter as compared with the former ( Huntington , 1968 ) ; an instability which manifests itself partly in the frequency of military coups and the prevalence of military regimes in the non-industrial countries . |
| 5 | She had been one of the founder members of the Institutional Management Association in Yorkshire and later involved herself additionally in the Hotel & Catering Institute and always kept in contact with the professional association throughout her career . |
| 6 | They had found Montparnasse and had installed themselves unwittingly in the brothel , the Hôtel Select , making friends also with the girls who haunted the nearby Café Ambiance . |
| 7 | The proposal on the Fifth Directive concerning the structure of public limited companies is based on Article 54 ( right for natural and legal persons to establish themselves freely in the Community ) . |
| 8 | I found myself aground in the middle of the loch , firmly wedged on one such stump , and the only way out of the problem was to leap overboard and shove . |
| 9 | In July 1890 , two years after writing this , Van Gogh had shot himself inefficiently in the groin , and had died slowly . |
| 10 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 11 | Again , as in The Graduate , it was a hit song on the soundtrack , in this case , Fred Neil 's ‘ Everybody 's Talkin ’ , that gave the film a contemporary resonance , lodging itself more in the ear than in the eye or mind . |
| 12 | Its articulation is easier and hence its flexibility is greater than that of the trumpet , but its proper place is the brass or wind band and it has not succeeded in establishing itself permanently in the orchestra . |
| 13 | Shiona felt her heart perform a triple somersault and lodge itself somewhere in the region of her throat . |
| 14 | I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again . |
| 15 | We had also determined to acquit ourselves well in the removal of fish from their natural habitat , and Blair and I set out one evening intent upon playing havoc with Ythan sea-trout . |
| 16 | The structure of intelligence reveals itself spontaneously in the way people behave intellectually ; it is not imposed by the assumptions of testers , as the national press would have it . |
| 17 | Staring at him in confusion , she hauled herself upright in the bed and pushed the pillow behind her . |
| 18 | Frank raised himself laboriously in the bed , before subsiding weakly into the pillows . |
| 19 | Walter Carew slowly raised himself upright in the chair and stared stonily at him for a full ten seconds without uttering a word . |
| 20 | But in general the architecture of the area divides itself clearly in the period 1200–1600 into two main types . |
| 21 | While he went in search of the water , she locked herself furiously in the bathroom to don a baggy navy and white striped T-shirt nightdress , and by the time he returned she was safely hidden underneath the printed white bedspread . |
| 22 | He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him . |
| 23 | Newly appointed as Duke of Swabia , Frederick Barbarossa had an opportunity to mix with other nobles , and acquitted himself well in the crusade . |
| 24 | König had from student days interested himself deeply in the life and works of Rudolf Steiner ( 1861–1925 ) , the Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy . |
| 25 | For example , will an increase in aggregate demand manifest itself principally in the form of an increase in output , as the naive model suggests , or in the form of an increase in prices , as the equally naive quantity theory of money suggests ? |
| 26 | Virginia closed her eyes , let the darkness swirl unheeded around her , losing herself utterly in the pleasure of Guy 's caresses . |
| 27 | Of the outsiders , Carthage established herself permanently in the west of the island ; the classical wars were fought about where to draw the line of boundary . |
| 28 | Stationing himself approximately in the centre of his front , he raised his sword high and ordered the charge . |
| 29 | My master sat rocking himself gently in the chair . |
| 30 | As the oxygen is bound the iron shrinks in size and buries itself further in the porphyrin . |