Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can always look back and say " What if " , but we must remember that we got ourselves out of a couple of scrapes on last two days and for a time we looked absolutely terrible , but we turned it around and could have won . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 6 | Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door . |
| 7 | When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was . |
| 13 | Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk . |
| 14 | Carolyn let herself out of the french windows and made her way along the trodden track to her garden , now a dug rectangle of some eight by twelve yards , backing on to the wall of Keswick 's warehouse . |
| 15 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 16 | Although there was no direct reference to the Rose Bowl , Folly found herself part of a group discussing the hypothetical marketing problems of a small floristry business . |
| 17 | As she slipped into the water beside them Rachel was aware that David had thrown a large orange ball into the pool before jumping in himself , and within seconds she found herself part of a noisy , boisterous game of water hand-ball . |
| 18 | In fact , she soon found herself out of a job . ’ |
| 19 | The much-travelled Allison , 65 , coaching consultant and now caretaker-manager of Division One 's bottom club , immediately ruled himself out of the job full-time . |
| 20 | Argyle player-manager Shilton ruled himself out of the hiding-to-nothing trip with a groin strain . |
| 21 | Another senior Democrat , Senator John " Jay " Rockefeller , ruled himself out of the contest on Aug. 7 . |
| 22 | Pears , 30 , virtually ruled himself out of the crucial Wolves game when he said : ‘ Time is against me . |
| 23 | As well take to kissing Bruce Davidson good-night , he told himself , and got himself out of the door on this thought . |
| 24 | There had been unsuccessful attempts even further south ; the unfortunate Raleigh got himself out of the Tower by promising to find James 1 a supply of gold in Guiana , but he found no gold and he irritated the Spanish so much that they pushed James into having him executed in 1618 on the 1604 charge of treason . |
| 25 | Glass in hand , she bundled herself out of the room . |
| 26 | At that moment a slim figure flung itself out of the shadows to tumble Lefevre 's giant adversary from his feet . |
| 27 | He shook himself out of a spiral of suspicion and isolation . |
| 28 | In Allen v. Jarvis ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 Ch.App. 616 a solicitor-executor drew up a bill of costs amounting to £691 and paid himself out of the testator 's assets . |
| 29 | Eventually , Joicey cornered him , and in desperation , the keeper threw himself out of the nearest open window ; landing ten feet below , with a badly sprained arm and sore head . |
| 30 | A two-year-old child hauled itself out of a ditch where its mother lay dead with dozens of others and began to crawl away . |