Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pn reflx] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vichy , Spa , Baden-Baden , Aix-les-Bains , but above all the great international spas of the Habsburg monarchy , Gastein , Marienbad , Karlsbad , etc. , were to nineteenth-century Europe what Bath had been to eighteenth-century England , fashionable gatherings justified by the excuse of drinking some form of disagreeable mineral waters or immersing oneself in some form of liquid under the control of a benevolent medical dictator . |
| 2 | ‘ Pork-pie ’ trilbies came into prominence ( again ) in the short-hair phase , faded & reasserted themselves in early smoothie . |
| 3 | She stepped through the doors , and found herself in total darkness . |
| 4 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 5 | In developing an image , you and your workers , professional or voluntary , have to swallow your pride , smile at yourselves and put yourselves in second place to getting the message across — not easy , not often said , but true ! |
| 6 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |
| 7 | Now here was this gifted sister , who had so many opportunities that he had been denied , apparently threatening to throw them all down the drain , and bury herself in some backwater in Africa . |
| 8 | Reduce your stress levels and get yourself in tip-top condition in this month 's fabulous competition ! |
| 9 | When injured it becomes a less efficient hunting machine and puts itself in considerable danger . |
| 10 | Whereas before I had more or less ignored the game and engaged myself in gossipy conversation with whoever was E ) laying opposite me , I now began to act out a parody of the ludicrous pastime in which I found myself , tackling everyone in sight , yelling for the ball to be passed to me , jumping up and down , and generally getting in everyone 's way . |
| 11 | Alice cooked herself eggs , drank tea , and washed herself in cold water , standing in the bath . |