Example sentences of "[pn reflx] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 2 | Fashion editors , after all , are forever exhorting us to express ourselves in every peplum , to use checks to tell the world where we are at , and to affirm our commitment to the modern lifestyle with Lycra . |
| 3 | We found ourselves in a hall where a masked ball was in progress . |
| 4 | I was there in September and our group miserably went up the valley from Mayrhofen in the rain and was even more miserable when we reached the summit to find ourselves in a blizzard . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not just that the objectives have been achieved , of getting the policy reviews endorsed , and conducting ourselves in a way that will attract the British people . |
| 6 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 7 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 8 | We do therefore need to consult with the health authority if we find ourselves in a position where we think we 're no longer going to be able to achieve those targets . |
| 9 | ‘ The tests were poor discriminators and , in terms of checking on their progress and diagnosing their weaknesses , we could do a far better job ourselves in a fraction of the time , ’ he declared |
| 10 | No sooner are we out of Eden than we find ourselves in a field stained with a brother 's blood ( 4.1–16 ) . |
| 11 | Say we picture ourselves in a desert and all these people want some water , but one person goes and gets it ? |
| 12 | ‘ At last we are getting the reward for our hard work and we will be challenging for the world title ourselves in a couple of years , ’ he said . |
| 13 | We all find ourselves in a situation at some time where we have to carry a very heavy suitcase , or where a parcel has been delivered and has to be lifted into the house . |
| 14 | We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing . |
| 15 | We were let through with barely a curled lip , and found ourselves in a foyer hardly smaller than a pyramid . |
| 16 | We 'll hide ourselves in a corner and celebrate ! ’ |
| 17 | Suddenly at St Aubyn 's we found ourselves in a crowd of seventy boys , nearly all older . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've found ourselves in a spot of bother with the police over at the office . |
| 19 | I was there a few days and then me and me friends barricaded ourselves in a cell and we would n't come out because there was nowt to do . |
| 20 | Are you saying that there are molecules out there in space which we just can not form ourselves in a laboratory ? |
| 21 | The Divisional objectives are twofold , one to establish ourselves in a market that only two years ago was completely new to Rentokil , and the other to help our customers and prospects through the current minefield of legislation related to water and air systems . |
| 22 | I went with er Superintendent to er where we positioned ourselves in a control vehicle and er I remained there until I heard from the firearms team inside the house that all occupants of the house had been found and were secured . |
| 23 | Some way along the journey , we inexplicably found ourselves in a Tesco car park in Derby . |
| 24 | We find ourselves in no time back in the square where she lives . |
| 25 | We had stopped trailing around after the men in the left , contorting ourselves in the hope of receiving some grudging crumbs of approval . |
| 26 | This is going to be great , I said to Taff as we settled ourselves in the trench and set up the Bren gun . |
| 27 | We need a conception of ourselves in the universe not as the master species but as the servant species : as the one being given responsibility for the whole and for the good of the whole . |
| 28 | We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions . |
| 29 | Dr Clark Brundin of Warwick University said : ‘ We did not say at our meeting in Leeds — and this is where we have shot ourselves in the foot — that no government is going to meet the cost of higher education . |
| 30 | I talked about shooting ourselves in the foot and that 's another example . |