Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pn reflx] in [art] " 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 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | On another occasion , failing to observe the line of the road , I shot straight into a farmyard and buried myself in a haystack . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hector , distressed , gave a whimper and hid himself in the skirts of his chosen protectress . |
| 7 | 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 ’ ] . |
| 8 | Last summer Frankie had climbed the tallest ash and found himself in a whole new world . |
| 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 sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’ |
| 12 | She had a head of flowing auburn hair and carried herself in a self-possessed manner touching on the arrogant . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Athelstan rose quickly , said a hasty prayer and washed himself in the freezing water from a cracked pewter jug . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Loretta led the way into the drawing-room and settled herself in an armchair . |
| 19 | He could not recall lurching like a drunk across the small room and throwing himself in a gibbering heap upon the bed . |
| 20 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 21 | I have canvassed the views of my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities who is very European , and he assures me that people who live in the southern part of Spain were totally bemused to wake up one day and find themselves in an invented region called Andalusia with a different Government from than in Madrid . |
| 22 | It spun around , hurling its axe , which whirred over the assassin 's head and buried itself in a luckless thief behind him . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Dougal sat in the armchair and wrapped himself in the duvet . |
| 27 | He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 28 | I felt rather like a man who has knocked on a cottage door and found himself in a palace ; vaguely foolish . |
| 29 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 30 | 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 . |