Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'd found myself in the company of two groups of schoolchildren between the ages of seven and thirteen who 'd come to take part in this year 's Young National Trust Theatre production , Two Nations , an exploration of the divisions existing in Victorian society . |
| 4 | It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’ |
| 5 | By the end of that apprenticeship … well , a tacit acceptance would depend on how I had conducted myself in the meantime . |
| 6 | ‘ I had got myself in a very foolish position . |
| 7 | I had included myself in the North Oxford set as of right , a right seemingly confirmed by the way Alison had approached me and the ease with which we had conversed . |
| 8 | Earlier in the day , while looking for the swimming-pool , I had found myself in a park containing the largest number of fire-engines I had ever seen . |
| 9 | After all , I 've seen myself in the mirror . |
| 10 | Now , I could count on the thumbs of my right hand the times I 've forgotten myself in a theatre . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've established myself in the Premier League and struck up a good relationship with the fans . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Surely you must realize that I have placed myself in a difficult position ? |
| 13 | When I finish playing , I hope to follow Mick Channon into racing but before that happens I have to prove myself in the Premier League . |
| 14 | I have indulged myself in a sentimental browse through the Gongsters , replete with the customary reports of student apathy and financial hardship , and deplored the style of the couple of rugby match reports I contributed . |
| 15 | There are loos close at hand which makes a nice change from the back of a bush ; so far I have behaved myself in the boat ! |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | It is but one of a plethora of bearable books on the ever lovable cuddly toy which has imprinted itself in the imagination of young and old alike , and always with a name by which to identity the original . |
| 18 | 'E 's got 'imself in a bit o' trouble , ’ she said in a whisper . |
| 19 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
| 20 | You want to sacrifice yourself in a bloody revolution that will have no hope of success , and you want to sacrifice hundreds , perhaps thousands of young lives with you ! |
| 21 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 22 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 23 | Stella could n't tell whether she was acting or not — she looked dreadful , as if she was suffering from the worst sort of headache , and yet she kept watching herself in the glass , turning her face this way and that , peering forward to follow the track of a tear rolling down her cheek . |
| 24 | If you do find yourself in the same position , however , please seek professional help from a member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors without delay , as well as implementing the suggestions outlined here . |
| 25 | But , if you do find yourself in the situation of describing an area of life you are unfamiliar with , remember the man with the magnum of champagne and avoid , as far as you possibly can , using any fact , however trivial , however seductive , that you have no warrant for in someone else 's words or pictures . |
| 26 | He hopes the meeting will help him and like-minded clergy who 've found themselves in a religious dilemma . |
| 27 | Even so , she had hidden herself in the claustrophobic cabin , afraid she might be recognized . |
| 28 | During our work with this widow , whose husband had died very unexpectedly , it turned out that since the time of his death until the time she contacted us , she had kept herself in a state of perpetual motion between her house and that of her son who lived some fifty miles away . |
| 29 | Teri has given up going to New Year 's Eve parties after she had to lock herself in the kitchen with loads of middle aged ladies hammering on the door . |
| 30 | Once she suddenly landed up in hospital for what was not an emergency ; several times she had found herself in a new home ; and on one occasion she had arrived in another country with a new ‘ father ’ — all without warning or previous explanation . |