Example sentences of "lock [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can lock ourselves in the basement , away from that bloody thing outside and until this Darkfall storm blows over . ’ |
| 2 | We 're going to lock ourselves inside the fragile skin of a small floating home , and all of us , three of us anyway , at odds and full of motives I did n't understand . |
| 3 | Accounts also tell how he used to lock himself in the church all night . |
| 4 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 5 | Teri has given up going to New Year 's Eve parties after she had to lock herself in the kitchen with loads of middle aged ladies hammering on the door . |
| 6 | You can vanish , fleet as the wind , and contrive to lock yourself in the bog . |
| 7 | Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream . |
| 8 | Francie , day and night , locked himself in the room he shared with Finn ( it was , Melanie discovered , the room next to her own ) and played the fiddle continually , except when he was engaged to play it outside , at London Irish clubs , ceilidhs and gatherings . |
| 9 | Old Ian Strachan locked himself in the bedroom with old Caroline Pickthorn , and old Peter Staithes pissed out of the window and threw empty bottles down into the basement area . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me , ’ Melissa began , on a low note that she could hear becoming steadily more shrill , ‘ that after stabbing Angy , Barney locked himself in the bathroom and left her to die while he calmly washed away her blood ? |
| 11 | ‘ I tried to reason with her after , but she locked herself in the bathroom , crying . |
| 12 | When the terrified actress locked herself in the car , he rammed it with his Ford Bronco . |
| 13 | She locked herself in the bathroom for 40 minutes while her mother banged on the door , John Evans , prosecuting , told Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 14 | Well she screamed and he I reckon she locked herself in the bathroom and he about knocked the door down |
| 15 | On holiday at my parents ' house in Wales , I locked myself into the ground floor bathroom and swore that one day I would be a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 17 | She soaked herself with petrol before locking herself inside the back of the van for nearly a day . |
| 18 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 19 | It can also revive memories of childhood tantrums and distress , locking oneself in the lavatory or bathroom and shutting out the adults who came battering at the door . |