Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] himself in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But NoS was more like a racing power-boat , and Horsley soon found himself in the position of a water-skier rather than a captain . |
| 2 | Nick Gillingham 's proudest moment was winning a silver medal at the Seoul Olympics almost 2 years ago , but it 's a sad perhaps frustrating fact that Gillingham still finds himself in the shadow of his greatest rival , Adrian Moorhouse . |
| 3 | So Ray then found himself in the position of spending a good many of his working hours enforcing a law which he was breaking himself and increasingly afraid of being arrested by one of his mates . |
| 4 | Schmidt suddenly found himself in the space between them , his hand outstretched for the lock . |
| 5 | Turning for the door , Mungo suddenly found himself in the overwhelming dark . |
| 6 | Denis Healey soon saw himself in the role of bridge-builder between the West German government ( which particularly feared any decline in the credibility of nuclear deterrence ) and McNamara who hoped to avoid the first — or at least the early — use of nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | SPEEDING driver Shaun Largue almost killed himself in a head-on collision , a court heard . |
| 8 | Separated from his tutor , Charles nevertheless found himself in a fairly congenial environment : Markward was a noted scholar , and Prüm 's library was well-stocked . |
| 9 | Gaston VII of Béarn thus cast himself in the role of his daughter 's protector against the territorial ambitions of Edward 's seneschal , which were soon to lead to Grilly 's dismissal from his post . |
| 10 | Charles also found himself in a difficult position . |
| 11 | Charles now found himself in a situation that would often recur : he had important unfinished business in Aquitaine , but his presence was required in Francia . |
| 12 | A few more yells and crashings about and Mr Landor invariably wrapped himself in a quilt and fell asleep . |
| 13 | THE policeman injured in a chase in the East End accidentally shot himself in the groin as he leapt from a car . |
| 14 | Funnily enough , Mr Goodfellow now finds himself in a similar situation to the late Leo Fender , having left his original company bearing his name ( now owned as a registered trademark by Lowden ) . |