Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of all this , Baldwin found himself back in the Caxton Hall by 30 October . |
| 2 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
| 3 | However , with record companies realising the appeal and financial benefits of bands like Sabbath having a line-up as close to the original as possible , Neil found himself out in the cold after Geezer Butler was reunited with his former partners . |
| 4 | He 's not naturally aggressive — he 's not a friend of John Major 's for nothing — and he 's not nasty enough ; he 's been trying , no doubt psyching himself up in the mirror in the mornings — ‘ I will be beastly to them ! |
| 5 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 6 | It took a while to establish himself back in the team as his form was poor and he was not originally selected for the visit of the Australians in 1972–3 . |
| 7 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 8 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 9 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 10 | MOTORIST Nicky Lockyer left her dog in her car while she scraped ice off the windscreen and found herself out in the cold for two hours . |
| 11 | ‘ Not my sister , ’ she drew herself up in the chair . |
| 12 | Anthea drew herself up in the chair and her dark eyes flashed like rapiers at Montgomery . |
| 13 | He conducted me back down the cold stone steps by the scruff of my neck and soon I found myself back in the street again . |
| 14 | And so I found myself back in the overgrown garden in the bright daylight . |
| 15 | Found myself out in the snow but the snow had turned into cotton wool . |
| 16 | He got himself up in the morning and dressed in the clothes Emmie had put out for him the night before . |
| 17 | He only came to the Sahara to get a sun-tan and lose weight , so that he can put on his dark glasses and show himself off in the bars back home . ’ |
| 18 | On Fridays and other fast-days he would lock himself up in the church for many hours . |
| 19 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 20 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 21 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 22 | Others , seeing what so many people put themselves through in the quest for slimness , just decide not to bother . |
| 23 | When Mrs Gaskell herself went to stay with a duke , her daughter , Meta , suggested that they should dress themselves up in the bed curtains ‘ of thick white satin stamped with little rosebuds ’ . |
| 24 | I drove myself on in the certainty that I held the ‘ trump ’ card behind me , quite literally . |
| 25 | They all bugger themselves up in the end . |
| 26 | He threw himself down in the chair , like a man beset by demons . |
| 27 | He tried to lever himself up in the bed . |
| 28 | Detectives believed the armed man must have run inside the hospital and holed himself up in the office . |
| 29 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |