Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pn reflx] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On another occasion , failing to observe the line of the road , I shot straight into a farmyard and buried myself in a haystack . |
| 2 | He had trained as pilot and after the war , as the Jewish struggle for statehood intensified , he volunteered for the Israeli air force and found himself in a squadron of old Piper Cubs , Fokkers , Messerschmits , Dakotas and Avro Ansons , few of them airworthy . |
| 3 | Last summer Frankie had climbed the tallest ash and found himself in a whole new world . |
| 4 | The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 5 | She had a head of flowing auburn hair and carried herself in a self-possessed manner touching on the arrogant . |
| 6 | Within a few moments I had been directed to the Gasthof zur Alte Post and installed myself in a tiny room which was to cost about £12 for the night , including breakfast . |
| 7 | He could not recall lurching like a drunk across the small room and throwing himself in a gibbering heap upon the bed . |
| 8 | It spun around , hurling its axe , which whirred over the assassin 's head and buried itself in a luckless thief behind him . |
| 9 | I ought to be on holiday , but I was n't : this was merely a brief interlude before I had to report to that wretched banker and enmesh myself in a host of false relationships in the Ingard office , to try to discover — what ? |
| 10 | I got on the train and settled myself in a corner compartment with my back to the engine , feeling pissed and happy as the carriages rolled out of Victoria towards Clapham Junction and the South Coast . |
| 11 | He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 12 | I felt rather like a man who has knocked on a cottage door and found himself in a palace ; vaguely foolish . |
| 13 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 14 | Their car skidded in gravel , flipped up and over like a pancake and lodged itself in a sundered tank . |
| 15 | He was a lot smaller then and he managed to squeeze himself through a cavity and found himself in a network of very small , narrow tunnels — far too small for most adults to enter . |
| 16 | If the parent bird is aquatic and is making its display on water , it may turn on its side , flap one wing awkwardly in the air and paddle itself in a circle as if it is hopelessly crippled . |
| 17 | He saw Ratagan 's axe flash like a star and bury itself in a hairy snout , splintering black blood . |