Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again . |
| 3 | I hid myself away in the long grass at the edge of the wood near Sykes Farm . |
| 4 | Just for the sake of neatness , I 'd asked Miss Hinkle to set Sam Thompson to work finding out about Mrs. Porter and her big black car when I excused myself early in the interview with her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him . |
| 7 | Staring at him in confusion , she hauled herself upright in the bed and pushed the pillow behind her . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He did not meet his mother from infancy until the age of twelve , when they found themselves accidentally in the same workhouse : but instead of the ‘ gush of tenderness ’ between them of which he had dreamt , ‘ her expression was so chilling that the valves of my heart closed as with a snap … |
| 10 | He saw himself more in the Arts and Crafts tradition of the designer who can turn his hand to anything . |
| 11 | When the immediate formalities were over , he left Algeria for the last time , and flew back to Paris , where he shut himself away in the house at St-Cloud , seeing no one . |