Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peach alone was in the house , having let himself in through the cat flap Stephen had fixed into the lower panel of the back door . |
| 2 | It is a situation much worse than the one Smith found himself in before the game with FC Brugge two weeks ago and could involve some drastic re-organisation . |
| 3 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 4 | Pinnacle , which currently offers a Sparc 2 CPU board , will leverage its experience in the Sun spares , repair and trade-in hardware business — combined with the SunSoft deal — to launch itself in to the compatible market proper , backed by a hefty advertisement campaign . |
| 5 | As she let herself in at the front door her mother 's voice came booming out of the kitchen . |
| 6 | The three words were not a great deal for Carrie to pin her hopes to , but she had a warm and happy glow deep inside her as she let herself in at the door of the cottage . |
| 7 | Having booked herself in at a hotel where she was well known , she returned to the hospital and sat with her daughter throughout most of the evening . |
| 8 | Cos I 've let myself in for a day of temping . |
| 9 | This was the situation P&O Containers , Australia , found themselves in after the acquisition of Associated Container Transportation ( Australia ) Ltd ( ACTA ) . |
| 10 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 11 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 12 | She booked herself in for the works as she put it — a facial and full-body massage . |
| 13 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 14 | So I wrote to the Warden of Spurn Bird Observatory and booked myself in for a night . |
| 15 | That settled , I booked myself in for the first two weeks of August , five months after my operation . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought it was worth a try , so I drove up here , booked myself in at a hotel down the road . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I shut the door , crossed the yard , and let myself in through the kitchen . |
| 18 | ‘ I just came home , let myself in by the back door and went straight to bed . ’ |
| 19 | Outside in the corridor , his mind still easing itself in to the thought that he was now an agent , an M16 man , Carrington met Desmond Morton . |
| 20 | Having saved the sports car company and turned himself in at the end of series one , Clive Owen led off the second series in 1991 completing the last days of a prison sentence and abandoning the city slicker lifestyle for a battle to save a bankrupt stately home . |
| 21 | Some of the old hands have got themselves in at the cop stations and traffic control rooms . |
| 22 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 23 | He slotted himself in behind the steering-wheel , and started the car first time . |
| 24 | Even in the situation that we find ourselves in with the Maxwell Pension situation , where we find that the the erm Trust Law did n't prevent the things from happening which did happen . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 26 | The man pulled himself in after the stretcher , the doors were closed and the ambulance began to move off , its siren wailing mournfully . |
| 27 | Boats from Bodrum quayside do the same thing , though it 's difficult to tell if you 're letting yourself in for a one way job , or a round trip including a meal at some distant restaurant ! |
| 28 | But in practice , hey , be careful , you know , you could be letting yourself in for a bit of trouble , if you start recommending the equity fund for Healthmaster or something . |
| 29 | But the authorities take all complaints seriously , which leads some constables to fear ‘ the flippin' solicitor 's letter ’ ( FN 5/10/87 , p. 16 ) , although one middleranking officer once expressed considerable sympathy for the post — tion some police constables find themselves in as a result of being hedged ( as they are in Northern Ireland 's more unusual position as a divided society ) between authorities who are exceedingly sensitive to complaints against the police and a public which has sections eager to complain , even in Protestant-dominated Easton . |
| 30 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |