Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] himself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thorfinn lifted himself in the saddle and saw men 's heads turn , and the flash of a spear to be deflected . |
| 2 | Rex adjusted himself in the driving mirror . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me , ’ Melissa began , on a low note that she could hear becoming steadily more shrill , ‘ that after stabbing Angy , Barney locked himself in the bathroom and left her to die while he calmly washed away her blood ? |
| 4 | To explore the desert , Thesiger immersed himself in the Bedu way of life : he spoke Arabic , dressed and went barefoot they did , and shared the extreme hardship of their existence . |
| 5 | Caitlin poked himself in the chest . |
| 6 | On the day Colonel Hope announced himself in the yard of the Queen 's Head in Keswick , Coleridge , a few hundred yards away , was writing a letter which included the sentence ‘ I have always found a stretched and anxious frame of mind favourable to depths of pleasurable impression . ’ |
| 7 | Fuming , Christopher shut himself in the house . |
| 8 | Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Caitlin settled himself in the chair . |
| 12 | Miles found himself in the water , tangled in coils of rope , battered by sealskin floats . |
| 13 | Back in Matthew Glynn 's office , Kersey seated himself in the swivel chair behind the desk and casually waved Morse to a client 's chair on the other side . |
| 14 | Then Mitch Cook flung himself in the way of a goalbound Gary Bennett drive after Rimmer had squirmed free down the left . |
| 15 | HAPLESS John Major found himself in the middle of an almighty Tory punch-up over Europe yesterday . |
| 16 | Masklin buried himself in the feather . |
| 17 | Old Ian Strachan locked himself in the bedroom with old Caroline Pickthorn , and old Peter Staithes pissed out of the window and threw empty bottles down into the basement area . |
| 18 | ECHO chief photographer Stephen Shakeshaft found himself in the middle of a real cat and mouse game right in the heart of the city as he caught up with cartoon characters Tom and Jerry . |
| 19 | In the closing minutes of the half Collins threw himself in the way of yet another Coyle attempt after dropping Marty McCaffrey 's free kick to keep his goal intact at the interval . |
| 20 | Wycliffe and Curtis sat in the stern while Smith placed himself in the lee of the fo'c'sle on a little tip-up seat by the wheel . |
| 21 | Henry saw himself in the air , high above the sea and the shingle , spread out like a starfish , Elinor above him , cackling wildly . |
| 22 | Gent 's hairstylists Ted Johnston of Continental Hairdressers in Belfast put himself in the cutting chair last week . |