Example sentences of "[vb past] himself [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | As a result of all this , Baldwin found himself back in the Caxton Hall by 30 October . |
| 4 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 12 | Dexter levered himself up from the chair , his eyelids leaden with sleep , and murmured that he had to go home and rest . |
| 13 | Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up . |
| 14 | Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement . |
| 15 | This surrender was legitimized only if the monarch devoted himself unsparingly to the good of the state and his subjects . |
| 16 | In the same year , the tsar involved himself personally in the foundation of the reformist journal Military Miscellany . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Another senior Democrat , Senator John " Jay " Rockefeller , ruled himself out of the contest on Aug. 7 . |
| 19 | Masklin lowered himself carefully to the floor and crept forward . |
| 20 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 21 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 22 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 23 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 24 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 25 | John McAdam ( 1756 – 1836 ) concerned himself less with the bed of the road and more with drainage . |
| 26 | Hobhouse concerned himself directly with the evolution of mind at a time when the behaviourist dogma had not yet arrived to inhibit such a discussion . |
| 27 | He got himself up in the morning and dressed in the clothes Emmie had put out for him the night before . |
| 28 | As well take to kissing Bruce Davidson good-night , he told himself , and got himself out of the door on this thought . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |