Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We left Paris by the Porte D'Orleans and found ourselves back amongst the tilled meadows and windmills which ring the city .
2 We also found ourselves together in the middle of the LA riots — two days of mayhem without a cop in sight — so I guess that brought us closer together !
3 He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore .
4 In the summer of 1675 , in the course of Louis XIV 's Dutch War , he found himself up against the great imperial general Montecucculi , who in the previous year had outmanoeuvred Turenne to capture Bonn .
5 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 .
6 After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ?
7 As a result of all this , Baldwin found himself back in the Caxton Hall by 30 October .
8 A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree .
9 The ex-250 world champion ( 1969 with Benelli ) had been with Yamaha for over 20 years but after the collapse of Giacomo Agostini 's 500 team , Carruthers found himself out of the heat of competition .
10 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 .
11 He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air .
12 Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane .
13 There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby .
14 As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed .
15 Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat .
16 He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door .
17 Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt .
18 He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks .
19 Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him .
20 Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door .
21 When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door .
22 He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation .
23 Dexter levered himself up from the chair , his eyelids leaden with sleep , and murmured that he had to go home and rest .
24 Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up .
25 Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement .
26 This surrender was legitimized only if the monarch devoted himself unsparingly to the good of the state and his subjects .
27 In the same year , the tsar involved himself personally in the foundation of the reformist journal Military Miscellany .
28 In September Leslie 's 5th Brigade found itself part of the 4th Indian Division , and it was with this famous fighting force that he was to spend about the next nine months .
29 GEC , under the guidance of Lord Weinstock , built itself up into the largest manufacturing employer in the UK , producing a wide range of products from telecommunications to defence electronics .
30 ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house .
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