Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also found ourselves together in the middle of the LA riots — two days of mayhem without a cop in sight — so I guess that brought us closer together ! |
| 2 | In the same year , the tsar involved himself personally in the foundation of the reformist journal Military Miscellany . |
| 3 | She had been one of the founder members of the Institutional Management Association in Yorkshire and later involved herself additionally in the Hotel & Catering Institute and always kept in contact with the professional association throughout her career . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 6 | I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again . |
| 7 | Staring at him in confusion , she hauled herself upright in the bed and pushed the pillow behind her . |
| 8 | Frank raised himself laboriously in the bed , before subsiding weakly into the pillows . |
| 9 | Walter Carew slowly raised himself upright in the chair and stared stonily at him for a full ten seconds without uttering a word . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
| 12 | He was looking across at her as she seated herself gingerly in the armchair opposite him . |
| 13 | Newly appointed as Duke of Swabia , Frederick Barbarossa had an opportunity to mix with other nobles , and acquitted himself well in the crusade . |
| 14 | König had from student days interested himself deeply in the life and works of Rudolf Steiner ( 1861–1925 ) , the Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy . |
| 15 | Of the outsiders , Carthage established herself permanently in the west of the island ; the classical wars were fought about where to draw the line of boundary . |
| 16 | He saw himself more in the Arts and Crafts tradition of the designer who can turn his hand to anything . |
| 17 | In those early pre-TV Saturday afternoon matinee days at the Ideal cinema in Carrickfergus , only two movies broke the mould for me and lodged themselves forever in the imagination : The Wizard of Oz and Darby O'Gill and the Little People . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Half a breath dimly lit itself exactly in the middle of his head . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ He got a gun and shot himself right in the head . ’ |
| 22 | Sir : Your otherwise sound leading article ( 'Private gifts for public arts ' , 11 October ) shot itself hypocritically in the foot in its last paragraph by expressing irritation with corporate executives who ‘ parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ’ money' . |