Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say , 44 , of Craigmuir Croft , Ythanbank , near Ellon , appeared from custody and admitted conducting himself in a disorderly manner at his home while in possession of a loaded shotgun between 15 and 17 February , repeatedly threatening to shoot himself and committing a breach of the peace . |
| 2 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 3 | " And directly after this , at the beginning of Chapter 17 , there is another abrupt change of tone : [ 7 ] Captain Cuttle , in the exercise of that surprising talent for deep-laid and unfathomable scheming , with which ( as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity ) he sincerely believed himself to be endowed by nature , had gone to Mr Dombey 's house on the eventful Sunday , winking all the way as a vent for his superfluous sagacity , and had presented himself in the full lustre of the ankle-jacks before the eyes of Towlinson ( I ) . |
| 4 | The wily captain 's luck was holding in more ways than one for the customs search team found that one of the French shells had ricochetted down an alleyway , through the door of the Captain 's cabin and had embedded itself in the leg of a table where the occupant would have been sitting . |
| 5 | There had been a tense week , in which Alexandra came to hear that Dora had wanted the position of head cook at Langley Dene , but she said nothing to Dora , and continued to interest herself in the kitchen just as before , and the matter went away quietly of its own accord . |
| 6 | Each day he gained strength and with and longed to toss himself in the sea . |