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Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	We regarded ourselves as more hostages than prisoners .
2	A team of divers that included myself once found ourselves in such a situation .
3	Of course we knew we were going to marry , we promised ourselves to each other when she was only sixteen .
4	Miller jerked himself into some sort of alert state as they approached , smiling glassily .
5	When the jet took off again , Trevor found himself with more patients .
6	In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead .
7	Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge .
8	Piggott , 57 , found himself in all sorts of trouble on Martin Pipe 's 6–4 shot , who came from way back to take third place in the SIS Live Action Claiming Stakes won by Sarah-Clare .
9	Seconds later Talalayev found himself in another inviting position but this time sent the ball skywards and out of danger .
10	He was a fanatical fisherman , and here on the borders of Galway and Mayo he found himself in some of the best fishing waters in Europe .
11	The Vicar then took the text for his sermon from the second lesson , ‘ God loveth a cheerful giver ’ , and was so carried away by his own rhetoric that he absent-mindedly helped himself to most of the grapes hanging down from the top of the pulpit .
12	He helped himself to some more wine .
13	He helped himself to some more lamb tikka masala .
14	He left the sentence hanging as he helped himself to more rum .
15	He helped himself to another brandy and waved the bottle before Herr Nordern 's eyes .
16	The Brigadier seemed to be thinking furiously as he helped himself to another glass of port .
17	Today when the four younger boys left for school , Jack helped himself to another cup of tea .
18	Death helped himself to another six cookies .
19	If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats .
20	But if , if libido was aroused by for example seduction in childhood it could go nowhere , it was repressed in the unconscious , where it transformed itself by some kind of psychological chemistry into anxiety .
21	The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud .
22	" Matt will calm her down , " Jenny said carelessly , and helped herself to more coffee .
23	Madame Gautier held the small silver tray of chocolates out for Ellie , who unable to resist , got up and helped herself to another one .
24	She gave a short , cross laugh , helped herself to another cigarette from the pink and white china box the children were forbidden to touch .
25	He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart .
26	Luke watched her as she gingerly helped herself to some of the food .
27	But Folly found it all rather overwhelming , as if she had suddenly been spirited away by a magic carpet and found herself in some Sultan 's harem .
28	She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought .
29	After a week of intensive treatment at Farnham Park my back was hurting more than ever , so I discharged myself without any hope of a cure .
30	The construction of spontaneous housing settlements and the way this has induced several governments to support self-help schemes demonstrates the way squatters have taken the situation into their own hands and provided themselves with some sort of shelter .