Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning for the door , Mungo suddenly found himself in the overwhelming dark . |
| 2 | We suddenly found ourselves in the Turkish baths with a dozen nude men . |
| 3 | They moved to Dallas , and Graham has so immersed himself in the American way of life that I am surprised he has not sought American citizenship . |
| 4 | Over the next decade a succession of ‘ Aldwych farces ’ would run for at least 200 performances each , and some for many more : A Cuckoo in the Nest ( 1925 ) , Rookery Nook ( 1926 ) , Thark ( 1928 ) , and Plunder ( 1928 ) alone occupied the years from 1925 to 1929 , and to them all Lynn would bring his own unique brand of wistful stooging : essentially he was the Stan Laurel [ q.v. ] to the much more bluff Hardy of Tom Walls , but Lynn 's timing , notably on staircases and when suddenly finding himself in the wrong room with the wrong people and quite often the wrong name , was a lesson in comic technique for generations of stage actors . |
| 5 | ‘ And I just found myself in the right place at the right time ! ’ |
| 6 | They just let themselves in the back door , he said , took the money and smashed the place . |
| 7 | There was no yardage chart in those days , but I worked out very quickly that Arnold was two clubs stronger than me , so I just put myself in the same situation and added on two clubs . |
| 8 | Five days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 Turkey had unequivocally placed itself in the anti-Iraq camp with a series of economic sanctions ( including the blocking of the pipelines which were Iraq 's principal route for the export of oil ) which were to prove crucial , as Turkey was one of Iraq 's major trading partners [ see p. 37641 ] . |
| 9 | Others looted the communion plate from the church , mockingly dressing themselves in the despised Anglican vestments , before that building , too , caught fire , bringing the walls crashing to the ground . |
| 10 | Japan has always prided itself in the high quality of its water supply . |
| 11 | Not until Aug. 7 did Turkey unequivocally place itself in the anti-Iraqi camp , with its decision ( coinciding with a similar decision by Saudi Arabia — see above ) to block the pipelines , to ban Iraqi and Kuwaiti trade ( except supplies of medicines and food ) and to freeze assets . |
| 12 | With these qualities they well be fully prepared for the big trial , but they must also know themselves in the deepest sense — ‘ to be in touch ’ , as Scott frequently mentions , ‘ with that critical inner voice . ’ |
| 13 | He also established himself in the Russian trade , which during the French wars offered exceptional opportunities for profit . |
| 14 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 15 | Pete , who honed his career up at Hope Street in productions like John McGrath 's The Bofers Gun , now finds himself in the thick of more flak in the new movie , The Last of the Mohicans , which opened last night . |
| 16 | Simultaneously he increasingly involved himself in the literary life of London , a change in the balance of his career which began when he made the acquaintance of the poet , Alfred ( later first Baron ) Tennyson [ q.v. ] , who in 1867 commissioned Knowles to design his house in Aldworth , Sussex . |
| 17 | And the Northern Ireland International surprisingly finding himself in the clear twice already in the first five minutes , although that was er obviously not a chance . |
| 18 | Well stick yourself in the highest class . |
| 19 | Since power has the capacity to sanctify crimes , almost in strict proportion to their enormity , corporate officials frequently discover themselves in the enviable situation of being able to conclude that ‘ it will ’ . |
| 20 | In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " ) |
| 21 | Then amuse yourself in the long autumn evenings , ’ said Thorfinn , ‘ working out what bargain he made with them before he came north . |
| 22 | Fortunately , the German spirit that found expression in the Reformation , and with it gave rise to the first German music , has never yet fully lost itself in the dominant Alexandrianism . |
| 23 | The ambiguity of an elegy which laments the loss of constancy in relations between household and patron , and yet offers itself in the public market-place as a suit for favour , aptly characterizes the circumstances of Emilia Lanier 's life . |
| 24 | These fairly well made , attractive rugs possess an undoubted primitive charm ; but as they have yet to establish themselves in the Western market , one can do little more than make an educated guess as to their current prices and investment potential . |
| 25 | To my personal embarrassment to the extent that I was a party to the majority of the decisions to which I have referred , I have to say that I think that this court again finds itself in the same position . |
| 26 | Some way below the garden a man stood quietly washing himself in the hot water from the spring ; it was channelled down there in a homemade aqueduct of halved bamboo stalks resting on forked twigs . |
| 27 | Without rigorous financial controls , a haulier will never find himself in the happy position of considering a real expansion of his business . |