Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'ear , ’ Madame laughed as Ellie examined herself in a mirror hand-held by the assistant , ‘ that in London these new 'ats are lethal ! |
| 32 | Rachaela lost herself in the house as if it were essential that she must . |
| 33 | The United Kingdom will continue to develop our good relations with the Soviet Union and its republics , and to encourage their integration into the world economy ; and will work to help Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania re-establish themselves in the international community . |
| 34 | He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies . |
| 35 | Fuming , Christopher shut himself in the house . |
| 36 | Meanwhile , David Speedie puts himself in the shop window at St Andrews tonight . |
| 37 | Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch . |
| 38 | Ramsay ensconced himself in the upper storey of the mill building , where he could gain as wide a view as possible . |
| 39 | Duncan buried himself in the paper and with an air of finality he said , — Well I 've got my job here and I 'm happy with it . |
| 40 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |
| 41 | That is the real reason Strathclyde finds itself in the midst of the gravest financial crisis in its history — not the can pay , wo n't pay' Poll Tax rebels . |
| 42 | Miss Hervey took the reading and entered it , and Isobel settled herself in the chair , the baby on her lap , and unbuttoned her blouse . |
| 43 | After the meal she went on knitting the complicated sweater while Penry immersed himself in the newspapers he 'd bought earlier in the day . |
| 44 | Shelley hugged herself in the moonlight , and felt very privileged . |
| 45 | A FAMILY hooked on the ‘ whodunnit ’ board-game Cluedo found themselves in a real-life murder mystery yesterday … after stumbling across a skeleton . |
| 46 | In 1918 the 47-year-old Reich created by Bismarck found itself in an increasingly difficult situation . |
| 47 | Did Bonnie enjoy herself in the end ? |
| 48 | Fran settled herself in the soft leather seat , not daring to glance at the two men in case she precipitated some sort of an adverse reaction . |
| 49 | Bernice scrambled madly through the twisted wreckage as Anushkia Smyslov lost herself in the chaos , shouting orders . |
| 50 | Annabel saw herself in the role of getting ready to welcome the invalid home . |
| 51 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey put himself in a self-conscious pose of memory , as if rehearsing for a television down-memory-lane programme . |
| 52 | An off night , I assured him , as we re-traced our twenty-mile drive to Palm Beach , where Robin wrapped himself in a blanket in front of the TV , soothing his cold turkey by watching videos of the local comedians , while I made a mental note to move my life and family to a flat above 42nd Street . |
| 53 | We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen . |
| 54 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 55 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
| 56 | Caitlin settled himself in the chair . |
| 57 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 58 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 59 | We hear that during September , Pest Control Westminster found itself in an embarrassing situation of having under spent on its petty cash budget by 10% . |
| 60 | Miles found himself in the water , tangled in coils of rope , battered by sealskin floats . |