Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An old nurse hanged herself in one of the barns . |
| 2 | I 'VE committed myself to one of the most dubious business deals of the year by investing £25 in a square yard of Doncaster Rovers ' football pitch . |
| 3 | A still point in this maelstrom was Sergeant Black , who had tucked himself between two of the sheltering twelve-foot evergreens planted to cut off the east wind from the ring . |
| 4 | My agent had exposed himself as one of the conspirators . |
| 5 | When , three years ago , news of Implexion 's investiture into the Chamber of Ten had come to the Redoubt , Dauntless had locked himself in one of the private chapels for two days . |
| 6 | On top of that , they have shackled themselves with some of the most inane and restrictive laws imaginable , laws that leave you wondering what on earth they were thinking about . |
| 7 | The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability . |
| 8 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 9 | In short , he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times . |
| 10 | I have familiarised myself with some of the feminist writers on art , women , and power — Linda Nochlin , Whitney Chadwick , Griselda Pollock . |
| 11 | Rome was , I suppose , the capital of the art world , but Rome was essentially an international place where many a Britisher was famous ; where Flaxman , for instance , had established himself as one of the most famous artists in the world . |
| 12 | Solar-powered house in Europe : BP Solar has established itself as one of the top two suppliers of photovoltaics in Europe . |
| 13 | PL 480 has established itself as one of the United States ’ most successful market development tools ’ ( p.20 ) . |
| 14 | On the slow descent to Bristol airport a creature had attached itself to one of the wings . |
| 15 | She had appeared out of nowhere three years previously , with money and connections , and had almost immediately established herself as one of the city 's leading society hostesses . |