Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then walked into a bedroom and shot himself in the chest . |
| 2 | As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain . |
| 3 | She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered . |
| 4 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |
| 5 | Hector , distressed , gave a whimper and hid himself in the skirts of his chosen protectress . |
| 6 | I sat up late last night and read the Geste as far as to where Beren and his gnomish allies defeat the patrol of orcs above the sources of the Narog and disguise themselves in the reaf [ Old English : ‘ garments , weapons taken from the slain ’ ] . |
| 7 | First , many patients in hospital have taken overdoses or injured themselves in the past . |
| 8 | But the plains , savannahs , rivers and hills , all the way from Samburu down to the Masai Steppe , proved fruitful and the Masai built up their strength through the acquisition of women and cattle so successfully that they chased out the other tribes who were obliged to cling to the mountains or secrete themselves in the forests , land useless for cattle . |
| 9 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 10 | Alexei loosed , and the arrow leapt from the bow and embedded itself in the wooden spike which rose from the dome of a house two streets away . |
| 11 | The remainder deflected downwards into the rear pressurised compartment , went straight through the conduit carrying the cables to the lower rear turret , then carried on into the rear gunner 's position , perforating the hatch and embedding itself in the lagging on the armour plating at the rear of the position . |
| 12 | Athelstan rose quickly , said a hasty prayer and washed himself in the freezing water from a cracked pewter jug . |
| 13 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 14 | Hussa and the boy 's sister soon arrived from Al Ain and installed themselves in the adjoining bedrooms . |
| 15 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |
| 16 | And it was here , after the house-warming party which began with hours of few arrivals and long silences , that she and Hugh had finished what was left of the Carafino and found themselves in the narrow bed in the basement where this dramatically argumentative child had been conceived . |
| 17 | A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen . |
| 18 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 19 | This boast suggests that the vase-painters were not just copying the innovations of great artists but felt themselves in the van of the movement , true pioneers . |
| 20 | Policy must of course be converted into practice ; in both these schools overall spending policy and staffing priorities were significant expressions of commitment by the heads , and this can only have strengthened the resolve of those members of staff who served on the library committees and immersed themselves in the day-to-day business of winning a place in the project . |
| 21 | The romantic fantasy is nurtured in our youth with Enid Blyton books and ghost stories and manifests itself in the invention of tunnel myths . |
| 22 | It showed a girl by a sunlit window with her back turned , apparently drying her loins and watching herself in the mirror at the same time . |
| 23 | On route from Kilham to Lowthorpe , the heavy stone base of the cross fell off at Ruston Parva and embedded itself in the verge side there , from where it was rescued in recent years and now stands on Ruston Parva village green . |
| 24 | Many escaped to Gibraltar , joined the Allied armies and distinguished themselves in the fight against Hitler . |
| 25 | One spell had indeed leapt from the crackling pages and lodged itself in the dark recesses of his brain . |
| 26 | Flamboyant Susan Allen , 25 , withdrew a pistol from the Maze Prison armoury on Monday night and shot herself in the head hours later at her Banbridge home . |
| 27 | Dougal sat in the armchair and wrapped himself in the duvet . |
| 28 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |
| 29 | ( 1937 , You 're in the Army Now in US ) , the improbable tale of an American hoodlum who takes on the identity of a murdered gambling companion and finds himself in the British Army , where he slowly comes to understand the habits of self-effacing Englishmen . |
| 30 | We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions . |