Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more ants would need to go up into space for them to see themselves in perspective . |
| 2 | In waking life it was too strong to allow me to indulge myself in secret feasts , and I no longer felt any desire for them . |
| 3 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 4 | The best book I read myself in 1991 was ‘ Biography of James Hudson Taylor ’ ( OMF ) by Howard and Geraldine Taylor , which showed that even one of the giants of missionary history had his own personal struggles , but also that the Lord brought him through . |
| 5 | True faith in God means that I distrust myself in order to trust in God . |
| 6 | A couple of days later I was that fed up I got myself in trouble . |
| 7 | And then I got myself in a knot cos there was a car coming up the road |
| 8 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 9 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |
| 10 | ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! ) |
| 11 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 12 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 13 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 14 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 15 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 16 | All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography . |
| 17 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 18 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 19 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 20 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 21 | I found myself in pursuit , not out of choice , but because I was being chased by the mob behind . |
| 22 | I had to get my passport done , my parents ' written permission because I was only seventeen and I found myself in Paris two days later . |
| 23 | She barked back , the door slid open wide enough for me to enter and I found myself in a roomful of dames all with rigor mortis of the third-finger-of-the-left-hand . |
| 24 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 25 | SUPERNOVAE Starfield Guitars I did n't know exactly what to expect upon opening these guitar cases , but I found myself in danger of becoming seriously enthusiastic about the contents … |
| 26 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 27 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 28 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 29 | My first experience with boys was not a great success but it was n't the last , and later I found myself in worse scrapes than on that first occasion . |
| 30 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |