Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] himself in the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 2 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |
| 3 | Hector , distressed , gave a whimper and hid himself in the skirts of his chosen protectress . |
| 4 | By the age of 35 he had become the youngest president of the largest and most prominent synagogue in Canada ; brilliantly engineered the merging of all the philanthropic societies of Montreal ( ‘ With a view to obtaining the greatest efficiency with the least possible expense and labour , ’ — surely his own life-principle next to his religious and familial devotions ) ; and placed himself in the forefront of the social and economic battles of the period . |
| 5 | He responded to an imperative summons with an ill grace , and presented himself in the drawing-room of Rose 's hired house in a mood of ill-concealed annoyance . |
| 6 | He then walked into a bedroom and shot himself in the chest . |
| 7 | Dougal sat in the armchair and wrapped himself in the duvet . |
| 8 | Mr Clinton this week temporarily abandoned his cosy , common touch and wrapped himself in the full trappings of the presidency . |
| 9 | He left school at sixteen and immersed himself in the Labour Party , canvassing for the 1966 general election . |
| 10 | Saunderson left school to go to a nearby college , and immersed himself in the local house scene , deejaying and doing one-off parties . |
| 11 | Athelstan rose quickly , said a hasty prayer and washed himself in the freezing water from a cracked pewter jug . |